Michigan and Washington D.C. are lifting some restrictions to allow restaurants to resume indoor dining at 25 percent capacity. In Michigan, bars and restaurants will be allowed to provide indoor services to up to 100 people starting Feb. 1 through Feb 21. Tables will have to be six feet apart with a maximum of six people […]

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The New South Wales government has tightened restrictions after the COVID-19 cluster linked to Sydney ballooned to 70 cases. The state reported another 30 cases in the 24 hours to 9 a.m. on Sunday with 28 linked to the cluster on Sydney’s northern beaches. That takes the total number of known coronavirus cases in NSW […]

Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham says it’s not impossible that international travel could be back on the cards next year, but to do it in the first half of 2021 would be challenging. Such travel will depend on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. “Then of course the manufacturing rollout, distribution, uptake, all the other factors […]

Queenslanders heading to weddings will be able to kick their heels up in greater numbers after the state’s COVID-19 health restrictions were further eased. Aged care facility residents are allowed to go on excursions with the Sunshine State clocking up 36 days without community transmission of the virus on Oct 16. “This is a great […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered new restrictions on indoor activities for most of the state, affecting 19 counties that are home to more than 70 percent of the state’s population—more than 27 million people. For at least the next three weeks, indoor operations are to be closed at sectors including restaurants, wineries and […]

Around 100 people arrived in Victoria on Saturday from Brisbane after the Queensland government suddenly imposed a three-day lockdown announced Friday to contain the risk of spreading a highly-infectious UK variant of COVID-19. It comes as the Victorian government told those in locked-down Greater Brisbane to stay where they are on Friday, while those who had […]

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A COVID-19 cluster in Sydney’s northern beaches has been sourced back to an international case, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed. Health authorities are racing to contain the mystery cluster which on December 17 numbered 17 people. The peninsula has entered a quasi-lockdown, with NSW Health asking residents to stay home and not leave the […]

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall will be easing restrictions three days early, after it was revealed a man infected with COVID-19 in the state’s CCP virus cluster misinformed health authorities. Marshall has moved to immediately lift restrictions allowing people from the same household to exercise outdoors together, and as of midnight on Saturday stay-at-home orders […]

A public health alert has been issued for seven shops and restaurants in Sydney’s southwest as authorities work to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in the hotspot. NSW Health says people infected with COVID-19 visited Woolworths Oran Park on September 30, October 8 and October 9 between the hours of 5.30pm to 6.30pm. “Anyone who […]

People who have travelled to Victoria since Dec. 21 will be banned from visiting Queensland’s aged care facilities and hospitals. The new restriction will be introduced from 1 a.m. on Monday and also applies to other vulnerable facilities like disability accommodation and prisons, chief health officer Jeannette Young said on Sunday. “We’re responding quickly to […]

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One-quarter of Victoria’s workforce was welcomed back to the workplace on Monday, after nine months of CCP virus restrictions were lifted. Tens of thousands of people were expected to return to Melbourne’s CBD and locales across the state as the government greenlit the phasing in of non-essential workers for the first time since March. The first phase […]

Victoria has confirmed it only had one new virus case and no new deaths. There was a delay in firming up the daily numbers on Tuesday morning because the Department of Health and Human Resources was apparently checking one of two new cases initially reported. When the figures were settled, it said one of the […]

Tighter restrictions will soon be in place for gyms to ensure social distancing and stronger hygiene practices as the number of COVID-19 cases in NSW continues to grow. Gyms across the state from August 1 will need to register a COVID-safe plan and have a dedicated hygiene marshal on-site to ensure social distancing, equipment cleaning […]

Australians have enjoyed relatively mild weather across the nation on Christmas Day, the first celebrated under the shadow of COVID-19. Most major capital cities were overcast with peak temperatures in the high teens to mid-20s, barring Perth which is in for a scorching 37C. Family gatherings were restricted in Sydney, where the pandemic’s impact is […]

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that at Christmas families will themselves have to decide whether to meet up with elderly and at-risk relatives during a five-day festive period relaxation of restrictions. In a video update from 10 Downing Street on Wednesday Johnson warned the nation that the CCP virus was still a danger […]

Victorians have woken to more freedom this morning after COVID-19 restrictions were eased but many are unhappy the hospitality and retail industries have been left out. From Monday, Melburnians will be allowed to travel 25km from home and there will be no limit on time spent outdoors. Outdoor gatherings will also increase from five people […]

Some states seeing a surge in COVID-19 infections have announced rollbacks of reopening measures in a bid to stem the spread of the disease. Citing continued COVID-19 spread “at alarming rates,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said on Monday that his state was closing indoor operations for restaurants, wineries, movie theaters and other family entertainment, along with […]