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Surge in NSW flu cases sparks concern over hospital capacity with Covid numbers high

State’s chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, urges people to get flu vaccinations as 2,000 cases reported in last week

The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2022

Tas premier tests positive after NBL game

Tasmania's Premier Jeremy Rockliff has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending an NBL final series game but says he is "feeling well".

AAP · May 8, 2022

Parents urged to get children vaccinated as New South Wales' flu season starts early

Influenza cases have more than doubled in recent weeks in New South Wales, with the state's Chief Health Officer warning the virus can be a "very severe illness in children".

ABC News · May 6, 2022

'Strict' household contact rules to ease, Lake Macquarie person dies with COVID-19

Hunter New England records more than 2000 new cases, another death.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 20, 2022

Doctors believe thousands of new COVID-19 cases each day are going unreported in NSW

Public health officials in NSW believe thousands of people who test positive at home are not bothering to report it online, making it hard for doctors to keep track of the disease.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2022

Kerry Chant says people in NSW may need extra doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Kerry Chant says additional COVID-19 vaccine doses may be recommended to the public as part of an "ongoing journey" through the pandemic.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2022

Chant: 'Clear evidence' spread is slowing

A woman in her seventies from the Singleton local government area was among 31 people to die of the disease in NSW.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 4, 2022

Hundreds of school staff test positive

NSW has recorded 10,698 new COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths as hundreds of school staff test positive in the first week of children returning to classrooms.

AAP · Feb 3, 2022

COVID-19 booster rollout in NSW aged care too slow to prevent deaths, peak body says

Australia should have been better prepared for another COVID-19 variant such as Omicron, in order to help stop the high number of deaths in New South Wales nursing homes, a peak national aged care group says.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2022

NSW records 52 COVID-19 deaths, while 2,663 people are in hospital

NSW records 52 COVID-19 deaths and 13,524 cases in the latest reporting period, while experts track the new Omicron breakaway in the state.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022