The number of COVID infections reported this year is more than 20 times greater than for the two previous years.
Australia now ranks second in the world for cases per million among countries with a population of more than one million.
Australia must increase its investment in the global vaccination campaign if it wants to do all it can to prevent further problems at home.
Almost two years into the pandemic,the Australian response remains a mish-mash of different policies and practices largely determined by local jurisdictions.
As Australia heads into a COVID-19 honeymoon period,keeping infection rates low in children remains important.
Mobility data suggests that there was more movement in Melbourne over the Grand final long weekend than at any time during the lockdown.
Our best shot at freedom is to reach high vaccination rates with almost no COVID in the community.
The emergence of the Delta variant,and future variants,will change the way Australia – and the world – contains the pandemic.
As the state emerges from another lockdown,questions are being asked about whether we can avoid another while still fighting the virus.
A hotel quarantine leak has led to the lockdown of a city of 5 million people:it’s time to fix the system.
For the foreseeable future – most likely years – we can’t think of our borders as steel doors that are either shut or open.