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Central Coast resident among state's most recent record of COVID-related deaths

NSW Health recorded the deaths of 13 people with COVID-19 Saturday, one of whom the state's health authority has confirmed was from the Central Coast.

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NSW adds 331 deaths to Covid toll after data review

Officials amend state’s total coronavirus fatalities after revision by registry births, deaths and marriages

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'Thank you doesn't keep patients safe': Nurses march for change in Newcastle

About a thousand nurses from across the Hunter and Central Coast came together to march through Newcastle to Foreshore Park as part of the state-wide strike action.

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Labor’s Katy Gallagher says ‘mean girls’ label ‘diminishes women’; 11 virus deaths – as it happened

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Veterans’ affairs minister threatened to quit over budget; Australia reports 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Andrew Gee calls backlog of veteran’s compensation payments ‘a national disgrace’; WA teenager among 30 Covid deaths across the country. This blog is now closed

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Newcastle baby died from COVID-19: coroner

A coroner says COVID-19 caused the death of a two-month-old baby in Newcastle in December when the city was overwhelmed by a wave of Omicron infections.

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‘Previously well’ two-year-old child dies in Sydney hospital with Covid

NSW records 14,970 new cases and four deaths from the virus – taking state’s Covid death toll to 2,027

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NSW Health says two-year-old child has died from COVID-19 at Sydney hospital

Health authorities in NSW have confirmed a two-year-old child has died from COVID-19. NSW Health said the child had been well before contracting the virus.

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Japanese encephalitis PCR tests available

Accurate tests are readily available to detect Japanese encephalitis, a specialist says, as NSW records its eighth case in the current virus outbreak.

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Veterinary students denied free access to Japanese encephalitis vaccine

Veterinary students in NSW come into contact with animals during their training, many of whom could carry the Japanese encephalitis virus.

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NSW COVID-19 case spike due to data glitch

NSW has reported 30,402 COVID-19 cases but NSW Health says it includes about 10,000 positive rapid antigen tests missed due to a glitch.

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Morrison plays down fresh Covid restrictions as experts say boosters best way to tackle subvariant

NSW health minister also ‘not at all keen’ to reintroduce masks and curbs on movement as reportedly recommended by officials

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NSW Health Has Called For Indoor Masks & A Dancefloor Ban In Response To The New BA.2 Subvariant

In response, Hazzard told the Sydney Morning Herald “as Health Minister I am not at all keen to be heading back the path that has exhausted everybody with all the restrictions. All that would be a last resort from my perspective”.

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Fourth Japanese encephalitis case in NSW

A fourth case of Japanese encephalitis has been confirmed by NSW Health, with residents urged to protect themselves from mosquito bites.

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Paramedic left to run NSW town hospital

Leaving an emergency paramedic to run a hospital during a COVID-19 outbreak was not a "perfect" decision, the NSW Health Secretary has acknowledged.

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NSW Health staff sent north to flood zone

Health Minister Brad Hazzard says there are growing reports of gastroenteritis in the flood ravaged communities on the NSW north coast.

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Two NSW residents diagnosed with Japanese encephalitis virus

NSW Health is concerned as two people living near the NSW-Victorian border are confirmed as having the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus, with one in intensive care in hospital.

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PM says further assistance coming as ‘rain bomb’ set to cost Queensland billions – as it happened

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NSW records its first probable human case of Japanese encephalitis

A resident from the NSW-Victoria border region is in intensive care with a probable case of Japanese encephalitis virus.

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Return to NSW normal not far off: premier

Despite NSW adding 6014 new infections to its COVID caseload, the premier is hopeful the changes will breath new life into central Sydney and other major CBDs.

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Many Queensland schools to close as ‘unpredictable’ weather continues – as it happened

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NSW has 7017 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths

NSW has reported 7017 new COVID-19 cases and 11 more deaths the day after mandated mask wearing ended in most settings.

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Morrison condemns Moscow’s ‘brutal’ attack on neighbour – as it happened

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Mask mandate scrapped in NSW schools

Masks will no longer be compulsory for NSW high school students and staff from next week, as COVID-19 restrictions ease in the state's schools.

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Victoria records 20 Covid deaths, NSW 12 and Qld 10 – as it happened

Western Australia premier says he will spend week in hotel quarantine to avoid perceptions he will benefit from timing of border reopening; SA election campaign officially begins. This blog is now closed

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