The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

China said on Friday it will fully restore travel across its borders with Hong Kong and Macau next week, dropping Covid testing requirements and daily quotas after a lengthy pandemic separation. The semi-autonomous cities have both stuck to Beijing's zero-Covid strategy for nearly three years, splitting families, cutting off tourism…

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

Swarland Pre-school, in Morpeth, has been bought by a company that runs two Newcastle nurseries

Chloe Washington started an Instagram account dedicated to her manicures during the pandemic. She never thought it would be a lucrative side hustle.

Fiscal stimulus during the pandemic contributed to an increase in inflation of about 2.6 percentage points.

Generous incentives have supported business investment in recent years but further interest rate rises could "unnecessarily" tip Australia into recession.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s plan to unwind the public health emergency tied to the COVID-19 pandemic will spur a whirlwind of changes related to telehealth, Medicaid, pharmaceuticals and other priorities.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a question that would have been unthinkable a few years ago: do we really need to be in the office all the time?

At the height of the pandemic, lavish payments flowed into nursing home companies. Then came the cost-cutting