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Ailing WA health system gets $252 million budget boost amid pressure on emergency departments

The WA government vows to spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars trying to address issues in the health system, as the Health Minister takes aim at the Commonwealth for its "abject failure" to manage some patients.

ABC News · May 2, 2022

Is the end of Western Australia's mask mandate reason to celebrate or cause for anxiety?

Mark McGowan says it's "unlikely" the mask mandate will be reintroduced but he can't rule it out as peak health bodies warn restrictions may need to be reinstated if there is a spike in hospitalisations. It comes as vulnerable West Australians express their anxiety as masks come off across the…

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

WA's relaxed COVID rules explained, from masks and G2G passes, to close contact changes

WA will take a giant step towards living with COVID on Friday, as a whole raft of restrictions are removed. This is what's changing.

ABC News · Apr 26, 2022

Expert says Western Australia's COVID-19 cases have peaked, but it's not out of the woods yet

As WA's seven-day average of new cases continues to decline, an epidemiologist says the state has passed its Omicron peak — but there are more challenges ahead, with fresh outbreaks and even future pandemics on the horizon.

ABC News · Apr 11, 2022

WA Health launches school holiday COVID-19 vaccination blitz as state records 6,566 new cases

Western Australia's Health Minister, Amber-Jade Sanderson, says up to 30 children a day are presenting to Perth Children's Hospital with COVID-19, prompting the state's school holiday vaccination blitz.

ABC News · Apr 9, 2022

Zoo joins WA school holiday vaccine blitz

West Australian children will be able to receive a free Perth Zoo pass as part of a vaccination blitz across the state.

AAP · Apr 9, 2022

Tensions over WA ambulance response delays

Ambulance response times and ramping have blown out in Western Australia, with paramedics isolating after being exposed to COVID-19 infections.

AAP · Apr 5, 2022

St John WA struggling to meet demand as COVID cases place health system under pressure

Western Australia's ambulance service is forced to dispatch less experienced staff to respond to call-outs as the pandemic places increasing pressure on the health system, prompting the Health Minister to question St John's approach.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2022

About one-third of COVID-19 cases in Western Australia aged under 18, as 9,727 new infections recorded

Western Australia records 9,727 new COVID-19 cases as data shows about 35 per cent of last week's infections occurred in people aged under 18.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2022

WA records two more COVID-19 deaths and 8,133 new cases as more free RATs sent to regions

The deaths of a man aged in his 70s and another in his 80s are reported in WA's latest COVID-19 figures, as the state prepares to distribute thousands more rapid antigen tests in regional and remote areas.

ABC News · Mar 25, 2022