Tas drops rules for vaccinated travellers Fully vaccinated people entering Tasmania will no longer need to have a rapid antigen test before arriving, or register their travel. AAP · Jan 17, 2022
COVID patient on ventilator as Tasmania records 1,310 new cases Tasmania records 1,310 new COVID-19 cases, 273 more than yesterday. There is now a second patient in intensive care in hospital. ABC News · Jan 17, 2022
Australia records 77 deaths on deadliest day of pandemic; national medical stockpile activated – as it happened Follow all the day’s news The Guardian - AU · Jan 17, 2022
Hobart clinic faces closure after a police raid, but practitioner says he has nothing to hide Tasmania Police have confiscated medication, computers and medical records at Mt Nelson Medical Centre, leaving general practitioner Clive Stack unable to contact his patients, many of whom are vulnerable. ABC News · Jan 17, 2022
Teen dies after drinking poppy tea A 17-year-old from southern Tasmania has died after drinking tea brewed with the heads of poppies. ABC News · Nov 28, 2012