A Melbourne doctor who handed out 149 fake vaccination exemptions over two years and altered a letter from Victoria’s deputy chief health officer has been banned from practising. John Piesse was this week reprimanded under national law, following action by the Medical Board of Australia in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Hear the best …
Melbourne nightclubbers have been caught breaking COVID-19 rules as footage captured venues with packed dancefloors. As the state’s cases continue to plateau, many went out on the weekend and social media footage showed clubs, including two in Prahran, with busy dancefloors. Watch more on the busy Melbourne dancefloors in the video above The ban on …
A popular Melbourne cafe has been forced to apologise after offering customers a pack of free rapid antigen tests if they spend an exorbitant amount on their products. St Ali Coffee Roasters, based in South Melbourne, sent a text message to their subscribers on Monday saying they were “fortunate enough” to have gotten hold of …
Extreme demand for ambulances in Melbourne prompted a ‘code red’ from the service, but it was not all due to COVID-19. For three hours between midnight and 3am on Wednesday the service advised there was likely to be delays in ambulances arriving because of an extremely high demand in the metropolitan region. “Our priority is …
Extreme demand for ambulances in Melbourne has prompted a ‘code red’ from the service. For three hours between midnight and 3am on Wednesday the service advised there would likely be a delay in ambulances arriving because of an extremely high demand in the metropolitan region. “Our priority is to provide care to Victorians who require …
Three Victorian hospitals are warning people not to visit emergency departments unless “absolutely necessary” due to extreme pressure from rising COVID-19 admissions and demand for testing. Health authorities say the state will see a rapid increase in coronavirus hospitalisations in the coming days. Watch the video above for the latest on Victoria’s COVID cases The …
A packed Melbourne audience was thrown out of a musical midway through a performance after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Eager theatre goers had their experience cut short on Friday afternoon when the New Year’s Eve matinee showing of Moulin Rouge the Musical at the Regent Theatre was abruptly cancelled before the performance …
More than a dozen coronavirus testing sites have closed in Melbourne as queues in the city balloon, as backed-up clinics in Sydney are causing traffic in a pre-Christmas testing surge. Some Melburnians were turned away at the Albert Park Clinic early on Wednesday morning as lines backed up, forcing the clinic to close. Watch the …
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has tested negative for COVID-19 after coming into contact with a positive case on his first day of leave last week. Mr Andrews was at an event on Saturday – his first day of about a month’s leave – attended by a person with COVID-19. He was not a close contact …
More than 700 people have been deemed close contacts after a positive Omicron case attended two Melbourne clubs. On Wednesday morning, the health department confirmed the COVID-positive person went to Sircuit Bar in Fitzroy between 9pm and midnight and the Peel Hotel in Collingwood between 11.30pm and 3am on Friday. Genomic testing has revealed the …