New South Wales has finally revealed its plan that will allow children back into the classroom, with students and teachers to be tested twice a week with free RAT kits.
The shift to COVID-19 home testing using RAT kits is occurring in such a rush that it is in danger of failing to provide optimum community protection levels.
The emergency wards at Sunshine (left), Footscray, and Williamstown Hospitals in Melbourne s west are currently under extreme pressure as Victoria s Covid crisis worsens.
The director of Chemist Warehouse has called on Scott Morrison to drop the GST on rapid antigen tests to help Australians afford the kits without breaking the bank.
Federal health officials are quietly hopeful the worst of Australia s Omicron wave could be over within weeks with modelling from South Africa showing promising signs.