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ABC News · Feb 5, 2022

Vic testing system recovers as cases fall

Wait times to get a PCR test for COVID-19 and receive its result have plummeted since Victoria's system was overwhelmed amid the Omicron wave.

AAP · Feb 4, 2022

Victoria's COVID hospitalisations at 687 as state records 41 deaths and 7,810 new cases

Victoria's 41 COVID-19 deaths is the highest daily increase since September 2020. The daily tolls include a number of recent deaths reported to health authorities and not all deaths may have occurred the previous day.

ABC News · Feb 4, 2022

Rapid tests are helping schools monitor COVID cases after the first week back in class

Schools in NSW and Victoria resumed for Term 1 this week. Although thousands of children tested positive for COVID-19, it was a small proportion overall.

The New Daily · Feb 4, 2022

Most Test stars get Shield hit before tour

Cricket Australia has confirmed a new fixture for domestic cricket, with some states to finish the Sheffield Shield season having played just seven matches.

AAP · Feb 4, 2022

Turning to tourists to protect the pristine bush of East Gippsland

In a remote and untouched part of Victoria's East Gippsland, a plan is being hatched to protect forests by offering trails that link some of Australia's most significant national parks.

ABC News · Feb 4, 2022

Curious Kids: can black holes become white holes?

Can black holes become white holes? – Remy, age 9, Wangaratta, Victoria

The Conversation · Feb 4, 2022

Elective surgery to ramp up in Victoria

Victoria's falling COVID-19 hospital rate has prompted authorities to give the green light for non-urgent elective surgery to resume from next week.

AAP · Feb 3, 2022

Victoria records 36 new COVID-19 deaths as government sets date for some elective surgery to resume

Some elective surgery will resume in Victoria from Monday, the Health Minister says, as the state records 11,240 new COVID-19 cases and 36 deaths.

ABC News · Feb 3, 2022

Eighty-four coronavirus deaths recorded; Morrison backs slow reopening for WA – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2022