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NSW and Victoria schools reopening plans focus on Covid surveillance testing but scrap contact tracing

Twice-weekly rapid tests, mandatory masks and booster shots for teachers are crucial to both states’ near-identical plans

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Two Australian states to test school students twice weekly for COVID

Australia reported 58 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, as the two most populous states, New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, said students would be tested twice weekly for the Omicron variant when classes resume next week.

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Victoria records 14 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,002 in hospital as schools plan revealed

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says it's expected COVID-19 cases will again climb when schools reopen, but the benefits of having students back in the classroom far outweigh the alternatives.

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NSW and Victoria reveal back-to-school plans – as it happened

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COVID updates: Millions of RAT kits sent to schools as NSW and Victoria reveal education plans — as it happened

Students and teachers in NSW and Victoria will have access to weekly rapid antigen tests, with those states planning to do away with school closures when classes resume. Our coronavirus updates — as it happened

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On the new Grampians Peaks Trail: ‘I have the landscape to myself for days at a time’

Walking the entirety of Victoria’s 160km trail is a serious undertaking. On tougher sections Alexis Buxton-Collins wonders whether he’s been foolhardy

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Vic to hand out 14m rapid tests to schools

Victoria will hand out 14 million rapid antigen tests to schools and early childhood centres as part of a twice weekly surveillance testing scheme.

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Western Australia races to contain Perth Covid cluster as Greg Hunt declines to condemn border decision

New South Wales records 30 Covid deaths, Victoria 20, Queensland 10, South Australia three and Tasmania one

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Vic to unveil back-to-school COVID plan

Victoria's back-to-school plan to shield students and teachers from the Omicron wave will be unveiled within days, as COVID-19 cases trend downwards.

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Victoria records 20 more COVID deaths as hospitalisations fall to 1,029

Of the patients in hospital, 120 are receiving intensive care, including 39 people on ventilators. There are now at least 217,505 active cases of COVID-19 across the state.

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All the coronavirus news you need from around Australia — as it happened

Get up to speed on the latest coronavirus news from Saturday, January 22, 2022 — as it happened

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NSW records 30 deaths, Victoria 20, Qld 10, SA three and Tasmania one – as it happened

Australia to scrap PCR test requirement for international arrivals; Triple J counts down Hottest 100. This blog is now closed

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The Victoria, Oxshott, Surrey: ‘A proper trousers sort of place’ – restaurant review

‘There’s a fish and chips main course option at £19, feasibly to stop the locals from rioting, but then prices hurtle upwards rather dramatically’

The Guardian - UK

The First Peoples’ Assembly Of Victoria Has Launched A Festival With First Nations Music Icons

Treaty Day Out will be headlined by Archie Roach, Briggs & Yothu Yindi.

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CHO reveals common conditions behind elevated virus risks

NSW's chief health officer has revealed the common conditions that can lead to a elevated risk of death from COVID, on a day of record fatalities.

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Delaying elective surgery could spark ‘massive healthcare crisis’ in Victoria, experts warn

Doctors and patients criticise state government decision to suspend procedures during Covid wave

The Guardian - UK

Covid live: Ireland to lift almost all curbs from 6am on Saturday; France reports 400,851 new cases — as it happened

Ireland’s premier Micheál Martin says ‘we have weathered the Omicron storm’; France reports 400,851 daily cases and 233 Covid-linked hospital deaths

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Paid leave to boost Vic worker third doses

Teachers, paramedics, police officers, firefighters and other public sector workers will be offered half a day's paid leave to get their COVID-19 booster shot.

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Victorian COVID-19 hospitalisations at 1,096 as 20 more deaths reported

Brett Sutton says Victoria is not yet at the peak of COVID-19 hospitalisations, as he urges people against becoming complacent about the risk posed by the Omicron variant.

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World-first hydrogen tanker arrives in Victoria to test potential for exporting fuel source to Japan

The Suiso Frontier arrived in Victoria yesterday as the next step in a project which is testing whether it is possible to export Australian-produced hydrogen to Japan.

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Women waiting for IVF in Victoria will still face delays after procedures resume

Victoria has lifted its suspension on IVF procedures but pressure on the health system means women still face delays accessing treatment.

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Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened

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Morning mail: Omicron wave ‘peaks’, bluebottle armada, Australia’s best tap water

Friday: New South Wales and Victoria may have reached the peak of the Omicron outbreak, according to some experts. Plus: the town with the best tasting tap water

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'Ship of the future' loads Aussie hydrogen

Australia is exporting the world's first commercial load of liquefied hydrogen to Japan, opening up a new era for energy exports and Victoria's coalfields.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Omicron wave has likely peaked in NSW and Victoria, some experts say

Scientists say hardest-hit states are ‘probably through the worst’ as cases are ‘levelling off’

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