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Vics launch $1.5bn elective surgery plan

The Victorian government has unveiled a $1.5 billion plan to address growing elective surgery waitlists, boosting non-urgent surgery capacity by a quarter.

AAP · Apr 3, 2022

Victoria daily news update: premier catches Covid, smoke in the city and money for freight terminals

Monday: Daniel Andrews in isolation for seven days, with James Merlino acting Victorian premier

The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2022

More than 8000 COVID reinfections in Vic

More than 8000 COVID-19 reinfections have been recorded in Victoria since the start of the pandemic, the state government says.

AAP · Mar 21, 2022

NSW and Victoria schools reopening plans focus on Covid surveillance testing but scrap contact tracing

Twice-weekly rapid tests, mandatory masks and booster shots for teachers are crucial to both states’ near-identical plans

The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2022

Victoria's four-week back-to-school COVID plan includes free RATs, masks and replacement teachers. Here's what it will look like

Students and staff will be given free RATs to self-test as part of the government's four-week back-to-school strategy.

ABC News · Jan 23, 2022

NSW and Victoria reveal back-to-school plans – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 22, 2022

Australia records 77 deaths on deadliest day of pandemic; national medical stockpile activated – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 17, 2022