It has shipped more than a billion doses, saved countless lives – and faced controversy over its safety and supply. Here, some of those who created the vaccine tell the story of their epic race against the virusIn December 2019, hospitals in Wuhan, China, reported that they were dealing with dozens of cases of pneumonia of an unknown cause. They soon identified the disease as being caused by a...

Martin Foley announces 64 new cases and says Victoria should not follow NSW on restrictionsThe Victorian health minister, Martin Foley, has dismissed suggestions that Victoria should follow New South Wales in easing some restrictions before the Covid outbreak appears to be under control, saying that easing restrictions is not a sign of hope if daily case numbers keep climbing.He also dismissed a...

NSW Ambulance service says it has been unable to keep up with demand after trivial call-outsFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesRestrictions: NSW; Vic; Qld; borders; Hotspots: NSW; Vic; QldVaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our morning email briefingNew South Wales has reported another record number of new Covid cases as the state’s ambulance service warned it was...

All new cases are in Auckland, with 62 within the Pacific communityNew Zealand’s Covid-19 outbreak has worsened, with 82 new cases taking the total infected to 415.All of Saturday’s cases were in Auckland, with the Pacific community again over-represented with 62 cases. Continue...

Western Australia releases exposure sites visited by two NSW truck drivers who were told they had tested positive after they arrived in the stateShepparton’s multicultural community ‘on the brink’ in Covid lockdownCovid abnormal: why is Australia so far behind on making its own mRNA vaccines?‘None of this is normal or sustainable’: the impossibility of working from home without...