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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

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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

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".

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Sydney News: Sydney commuters given free fares; NSW hits peak in flu cases

MORNING BRIEFING: Commuters on select buses in Sydney's inner west will ride for free today, as drivers take industrial action in ongoing wage and conditions negotiations.

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NSW push vaccines with flu on the rise

People are being urged to get a flu shot as soon as possible amid fears of a worse than usual season, with flu cases more than doubling in recent weeks.

AAP

Rules about isolation for COVID-19 close contacts change in NSW today — this is what you need to know

The NSW government scraps the requirement for close contacts of COVID-19 cases to isolate at home for seven days. Here's everything you need to know.

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NSW top doctor's advice to remain secret

The NSW premier has told a budget estimates hearing that advice given by the chief health officer to the government should remain confidential.

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'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

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

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.

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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

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

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.

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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.

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NT chief minister says Omicron ‘too infectious’ for lockdowns to work as nation records at least 88 Covid deaths – As it happened

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NSW records 24 new COVID-19 deaths, 15,091 cases as hospital numbers plateau

The number of people being treated in hospital and intensive care for COVID-19 in NSW continues to plateau, as the state records 24 new virus deaths.

The Guardian - AU

NSW Covid update: another record day as state reports 46 deaths but hospital numbers down

Chief health officer Kerry Chant warns deaths ‘likely to remain high’ for some time given lag from case numbers

Newcastle Herald

Two from Newcastle, one from Singleton among 46 new COVID deaths

Three people with COVID-19 have died in the Hunter on a day NSW recorded another record high for its daily death toll, as the state's top medico spoke publicly about the recent death of a baby who had the virus in Newcastle.

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COVID-19 spread 'slowing in the community' as NSW records 46 deaths

NSW health authorities say evidence indicates the spread of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 is slowing in the community after the state recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic with 46 fatalities.

The Guardian - AU

Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened

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Infant dies as NSW virus toll hits 1000

NSW health authorities have confirmed the death last month of an infant with COVID-19, as the state reports 46 deaths but another fall in hospitalisations.

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