Private hospital COVID-19 plan triggered Health Minister Greg Hunt says Australia has activated an agreement to make more than 100,000 private hospital staff available to help COVID-affected areas. AAP · Jan 18, 2022
Private hospital staff diverted to public system as Omicron wave results in Australia’s deadliest Covid day Seventy-seven deaths have been reported across the country, with 36 in NSW, 22 in Victoria and 16 in Queensland The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2022
Australia records 77 deaths on deadliest day of pandemic; national medical stockpile activated – as it happened Follow all the day’s news The Guardian - AU · Jan 17, 2022
COVID updates: Australia records highest daily number of reported COVID-19 deaths — as it happened Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened. ABC News · Jan 17, 2022
Rapid antigen tests: Australian consumers miss out as government and big business snap up supplies Pharmacy Guild says huge orders diverting supplies away from consumers as Greg Hunt labels claim federal government is requisitioning tests ‘a plain lie’ The Guardian - AU · Jan 17, 2022