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Australia's Victoria logs 17 days with no community COVID-19 cases

Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 12:57 PM

Australia's Victoria state recorded its 17th straight day without any new local coronavirus cases on Saturday as officials focus on keeping the community separated from staff and players here for next month's Australia Open. Read more »

Australia unlikely to open border in 2021: health official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 01:56 PM

Australia's international borders are unlikely to open to travelers this year despite the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, a top health official said Monday. Read more »

Australia moves COVID-19 vaccine rollout to early March

Renju Jose, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 06 11:34 AM

Australian health authorities are bringing forward the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines by 2 weeks to early March, even as recent outbreaks in the country's 2 largest cities appeared to stabilize. Read more »

Australia's virus cluster expands further as masks made compulsory

Swati Pandey, Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 10:16 AM

Australia's most-populous state of New South Wales on Sunday reported eight new COVID-19 cases as new social distancing restrictions and mandatory mask wearing kicked in while neighboring Victoria had three new cases. Read more »

Australia to ring in new year with stricter COVID-19 restrictions

Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 11:12 AM

Australia will ring in the new year with harsher restrictions on movement, gatherings and internal borders as the country's 2 largest states battle to quash fresh COVID-19 cases in their capital cities.   Read more »

Sydney on alert after mystery cases but new infections remain low

Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 01:06 PM

Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) maintained its downward trend of new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday but authorities asked people to be on "high alert" after cases were detected outside the current virus cluster. Read more »

Sydney told to watch its famous New Year's Eve fireworks from home

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Dec 28 11:16 AM

Sydney, one of the world's first major cities to welcome each New Year with a public countdown featuring a fireworks display over its well-known Opera House, has banned large gatherings that night amid an outbreak of the coronavirus. Read more »

Australia reports first local COVID-19 case in 2 weeks

Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 11:43 AM

Australia's most populous state on Wednesday reported its first coronavirus case in nearly two weeks after an airport worker tested positive prompting authorities to suggest international flight crews should also quarantine after arriving.   Read more »

Work from home is over in Australian state, but employees still shun office

Reuters
Posted at Dec 14 10:43 AM

SYDNEY - A work from home order to combat coronavirus in Australia's most populous state ended on Monday, a milestone for a country with very low COVID-19 numbers, but many companies plan to keep flexible work arrangements into 2021. Read more »

Tennis: Nadal urges patience ahead of Australian Open decision

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 22 09:56 PM

Rafael Nadal urged patience over the arrangements for the Australian Open after losing his last-four match at the ATP Finals in London on Saturday. Read more »

South Australia emerges carefully from COVID-19 outbreak

Reuters
Posted at Nov 21 02:40 PM

The lockdown, which kept people in South Australia at home and the majority of businesses shut, was imposed earlier this week after false information provided to contact tracers by a man who tested positive raised fears of mass infections.   Read more »

South Australia announces 6-day lockdown to stifle fresh virus outbreak

Swati Pandey, Reuters
Posted at Nov 18 12:21 PM

South Australia announced a six-day lockdown of the state on Wednesday to stamp out a fresh coronavirus outbreak that has now expanded to 22 cases, warning the strain of virus was highly contagious with a 24-hour infection rate.   Read more »

New virus outbreak hits Australia after containment success

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 16 10:45 AM

A sudden coronavirus cluster emerged Monday in an Australian city that had gone seven months without a significant outbreak, with the virus again escaping from the country's hotel quarantine system.   Read more »

Australia may see first week of no local COVID-19 transmissions

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Nov 14 03:23 PM

Victoria, the epicenter of the resurgence of the virus in recent months, recorded its 15th consecutive day of no new infections and no related deaths, two weeks after the state emerged from one of the world's longest and strictest lockdowns.   Read more »

Australia orders more COVID-19 vaccines for total of 135 million doses

Renju Jose and Colin Packham, Reuters
Posted at Nov 05 02:10 PM

Australia will buy 40 million vaccine doses from Novavax, and 10 million from Pfizer and BioNTech. Read more »

Virus forces Sydney Mardi Gras parade off the streets

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 01:57 PM

Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will go ahead next year as a seated event instead of its usual glittery street parade to protect revelers from the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Australia records one local COVID-19 case, NZ quarantine worker tests positive

Reuters
Posted at Nov 03 12:40 PM

Australia on Tuesday reported one locally acquired case of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, while New Zealand registered its first community transmission in more than two weeks after a worker at a quarantine facility tested positive. Read more »

Virus-beating Melbourne enjoys 'big day' reopening

Tania Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 11:55 AM

Australia's second-biggest city Melbourne reopened to exhilaration and relief on Wednesday, as residents began trickling back to shops and restaurants after a months-long coronavirus lockdown was lifted. Read more »

Virus curfew to be lifted in Australia as global deaths near a million

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 10:11 PM

An overnight curfew in Australia's second-largest city will be lifted this week, officials said Sunday, even as the global coronavirus toll inched towards one million dead. Read more »

Australia extends Melbourne lockdown despite drop in cases

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 07 10:21 AM

Australian officials on Sunday extended a strict virus lockdown of the country's second-biggest city by two weeks, saying new cases had not dropped enough to prevent another spike.   Read more »