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I have COVID-19. What happens now? How to manage your symptoms at home

You've felt that first tingle of a sore throat. Or, you've been hit with a headache that's knocked you out for an entire day. You're COVID-positive. Here are some things to think about that will help you get through it.

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Albanese rallies against ‘fear and division’ at Labor campaign launch – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

With wait times for public elective surgeries stretching out, Australians are funding their own procedures

With wait times for elective surgeries in public hospital systems ballooning following lockdowns, some patients are self-funding their own procedures to try and skip the queue.

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The daily COVID updates are changing again

There are 75 COVID-19 positive patients in Hunter New England Hospitals, 5 in intensive care.

Newcastle Herald

Innovative industry could see new markets rise from the ashes of coal dams

Coal dams have been at the centre of dust-ups between power stations, environmental groups and health advocates for decades, but a proposal to see the dams emptied could also lead to more jobs in the big smoke.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter schools prepare for changes to COVID-19 rules in term two

"We're nervous about the possibility of increased transmission."

Newcastle Herald

NSW's daily COVID-19 update to be scaled back

NSW Health says the 11:00am detailed updates provided about people who have died of COVID-19 will now be reported weekly instead.

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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.

ABC News

'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

GOOD: NSW Health Services Will Give Free Period Products To Folks Who Can’t Supply Their Own

Too bloody right.

Pedestrian.tv

Two COVID-related deaths in Hunter New England health district

Hunter New England Health is caring for 86 people in hospital, with just one in intensive care.

Newcastle Herald

What To Do If All This Rain’s Got Your Sharehouse Mouldier Than A Block Of Blue Castello

Time to whip out my BFF white vinegar.

Pedestrian.tv

Newcastle and Hunter health district records highest COVID cases in NSW as hospitalisations rise

A Taree resident has died and hospitals in the Hunter health district were treating 74 people for COVID-19, three of whom were in intensive care, as hospitalisations further afield in NSW rose overnight even as cases fell.

Newcastle Herald

Charts reveal NSW's accelerating COVID-19 infection rate and how state recorded 1m cases in 75 days

NSW took 731 days to officially reach 1 million COVID-19 cases. To get from there to 2 million, it took just 75. And unofficially, the state probably hit that milestone even sooner.

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The mothers accused of poisoning their kids

Two women are accused of poisoning their own children at the same hospital. They say it tore their lives apart.

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Regional Health Division announced by NSW government in wake of healthcare inquiry

The announcement of a new NSW government division that will focus on regional health services is welcomed by stakeholders, but some want immediate action to reduce spiralling locum doctor costs.

Newcastle Herald

NSW Health Minister tests positive

The 70-year-old has minor symptoms.

The Guardian - AU

Long delays for elective surgery in NSW take their toll ahead of winter ‘disaster’

Medical association president says waiting lists will get worse with staff burnout and increased flu cases

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Newcastle Herald

Hunter New England records highest new case numbers in state again today

There were more than 2,150 new COVID cases recorded in Hunter New England.

Newcastle Herald

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

Newcastle Herald

'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.

The Guardian - AU

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

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The Guardian - AU

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

AAP

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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