The Latest Breaking News from Australian Health Protection Principal Committee

COVID-19 cases in Queensland hospitals likely to pass 1,000, CHO says, as isolation rules change

Triage tents are being used outside some hospitals in south-east Queensland, with the number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 across the state likely to exceed 1,000 in coming weeks — the highest number of the pandemic so far, health authorities say.

ABC News · Jul 12, 2022

WA slashes COVID infection risk period

Both WA and the ACT have adopted new advice from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee to cut the reinfection period to just four weeks.

AAP · Jul 11, 2022

Post-COVID isolation exemption period to be significantly cut

The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee has also warned Australia was at the start of a new wave of COVID-19 infections, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.

The Canberra Times · Jul 8, 2022