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Melbourne eases lockdown as cases decline

3:14 pm October 18, 2020

Melbourne, Australia: Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has loosened lockdown restrictions as new and active COVID-19 continue to decline. From midnight Sunday, Melbourne residents will no longer face limits on the time they can spend away from their homes for education or recreation. Previous restrictions allowing Melburnians to travel only 5 kilometers (3 miles) from home […]

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Australian state warns non-complying public

12:57 pm October 11, 2020

Melbourne: The premier of Australia’s Victoria state is stepping up his fight with members of the public who don’t comply with pandemic regulations, saying close contacts of those infected who refuse a test will have to spend 21 days in quarantine. The state government has announced mandatory quarantine will be extended by 10 days for close contacts […]

‘The Masked Singer’ Australia shoot halted after crew members test COVID-19 positive

2:48 pm August 24, 2020

Los Angeles: “The Masked Singer” Australia has suspended shooting and the entire team has gone into isolation after several crew members tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement shared on the Twitter page of the show, the makers said the shoot has been halted with immediate effect as the health and safety of the community […]

Safety, efficacy main concerns with Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine: Nobel laureate Peter Doherty

2:55 pm August 17, 2020

Kolkata: Echoing the scientific community’s scepticism over Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine rolled out for emergency use, Nobel laureate Peter Charles Doherty says his “big worry” is there could be refusals for other vaccines if doubts over its safety turn out to be true. Russian President Vladimir Putin last week announced that his country has developed the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19, […]

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US company trials coronavirus vaccine candidate in Australia

3:00 pm May 29, 2020

Canberra: A US biotechnology company began injecting a coronavirus vaccine candidate into people in Australia on Tuesday with hopes of releasing a proven vaccine this year. Novavax will inject 131 volunteers in the first phase of the trial testing the safety of the vaccine and looking for signs of its effectiveness, the company’s research chief […]