Health workers are being embraced in different ways around the globe as they put their lives on the line at a time when most of us are safely locking down and isolating. We have seen images of volunteers bringing food ...

We take a look at how the global pandemic began, how it spread, and how countries responded. The COVID-19 pandemic came to light on 31 December 2019 with an alert to the WHO China office, and the speed with which ...

“There is no patient emergency more important than the safety of our healthcare workforce.” This is the first principle of a new, 88-page set of guidelines for emergency clinicians on the COVID-19 pandemic frontlines, released by the Australasian College for ...

Kate Hackett is the Director of Nursing at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, ground zero for the treatment of COVID-19 here in Australia. Like everyone else, Hackett had seen the virus develop from afar over the summer period but could not ...

The global COVID-19 pandemic has widespread and insidious consequences that in many instances go beyond personal health and the ramifications of which may not yet be fully known. For some the impact may be as minor as struggling to buy ...

A third resident at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge has fallen victim to the coronavirus, COVID-19, along with a Brisbane woman – taking the national death toll to five. This news comes as the Victorian, West Australian and ACT governments declare ...

This story was updated 10 March at 9.15 am. A third Australian has died from the coronavirus COVID-19, as the total number of cases in NSW reaches 55 and the number of cases across Australia now sits at 100. According ...

This is story was updated on March 6 at 9.45 am The suspected coronavirus outbreak at a Sydney aged care facility has been confirmed, with one resident dead from the illness – causing staff to collectively walk out, as reported ...

A Sydney aged care home has placed several residents in isolation after the confirmation that one of its workers has contracted the coronavirus, COVID-19. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard on Wednesday confirmed an aged care worker at Dorothy Henderson Lodge ...

The coronavirus COVID-19 is on the march across the globe and appears to be gaining a foothold here in Australia with the news of the third case of person-to-person transmission in NSW. It has also been reported by the Sydney Morning ...