West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has kept the state open to NSW travellers for now, despite five new cases of locally-acquired COVID-19 in Sydney over the past two days. The first case was an aircrew van driver who lives in south Sydney followed by two cases in the Northern Beaches, which were confirmed on Wednesday.… Read More »
“A junior doctor I spoke to the other day was talking about what a difficult time she’d found in another hospital,” says Dorothy Wade, a psychologist at University College Hospital in London. “And I said, ‘Didn’t you have anything like this at the other hospital?’ And she said, ‘No, absolutely nothing. There was nothing on… Read More »
Victorians eager to live a freer existence cannot depend on lockdowns loosening in three weeks’ time, authorities say. A six-week period of tough restrictions in Melbourne and slightly less onerous rules in the regions are due for review on September 13. New infections on Friday dipped below 200 for the first time in five and… Read More »
Award-winning novelist Caitriona Lally has revealed how her daughter’s chicken pox infection turned into the potentially fatal illness sepsis. n an emotional piece in today’s Living section, the author describes how the family’s nightmare unfolded. She said she and her husband “spent three chickenpocked nights trying to dodge her hurtlings, trying to comfort and contain… Read More »