Grafton GP Doctors Public Info page

09/01/2024

https://www.9news.com.au/national/highest-levels-of-covid19-in-community-since-last-year-nsw-health-confirms/58502839-8c6b-4143-9ec1-1415fbca1c20?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjCks_MKMNHogwMwkrPoAg&utm_content=rundown

The state is currently experiencing a peak in COVID-19 cases, which health experts believe was sparked by p...

17/12/2023

https://twitter.com/drseanmullen/status/1734108102260056123?s=19

22/10/2023

https://twitter.com/KarenCutter4/status/1715633706055184789?s=19

24/09/2023

https://www.9news.com.au/national/covid19-variant-ba286-known-as-pirola-in-australia-after-sparking-uks-sped-up-vaccine-program/19fa1384-2ad1-4f02-885d-288bee7866a1

'Highly mutated' COVID-19 variant Pirola has arrived in AustraliaBy Lara Pearce • Senior Producer4:06pm Sep 21, 2023 Tweet Facebook Mail The first case of the "highly mutated" COVID-19 variant BA.2.86, colloquially known as Pirola, has been detected in Australia.Western Australia's health depar...

09/08/2023

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/new-covid19-strain-eris-fuelling-a-surge-in-cases/news-story/2dba921f97d35023ec26ba24a552b8f0

Eris strain on the rise.

A new variant of Covid-19 is spreading in nations as distant as India, the UK and US and in some areas has led to a 100 per cent surge in cases.

30/06/2023

https://covidlive.com.au/report/deaths?s=09

Live tracking of coronavirus cases, active, tests, deaths, ICU, hospitalisations and vaccinations in Australia

29/05/2023

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/covid-numbers-increase-across-australia-in-alarming-sign-before-winter/news-story/4aefdedd1f04407c7f78ce37f5dd75ef

Case numbers on the rise.

With only a matter of days until the start of winter, the country’s Covid numbers are again starting to climb.

08/05/2023

https://www.health.gov.au/health-alerts/covid-19/case-numbers-and-statistics

This page provides updates on national COVID-19 weekly current trends.

08/05/2023

WHO declares COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency, a major symbolic step towards the end of the pandemic - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-05/who-says-covid-is-no-longer-a-global-emergency/102311746

You may have noticed that we are posting less frequently on this site.
The news cycle is moving on from COVID-19 but there is still a lot of spread around.

It has not gone away and people still strongly to get COVID RAT testing done if they have symptoms of a cold or new cough or are exposed to a known case of COVID-19.
Most people will recover fully but we should remain awareness of people who are young, old or immunocompromised.
The 7 day rolling average of COVID-19 hospitalisations is 1291 as of May 2nd.

I will continue to add some posts here if I feel they are of note but will not post every day as I did for about 3 years.

The World Health Organization emergency committee first declared that COVID represented its highest level of alert more than three years ago, on January 30, 2020.

30/04/2023

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-28/covid-19-case-numbers-from-around-the-states-and-territories/102281188

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

27/04/2023

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-27/new-covid19-subvariant-arcturus-on-rise-australia/102268756

Subvariant XBB.1.16 is related to the XBB.1.5 subvariant, which was detected in Australia in January, and both are mutations from the Omicron variant. This is what we know about it.

20/04/2023

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-17/long-covid-on-par-with-flu-in-highly-vaccinated-population/102230066

The study compared the symptoms of Queenslanders who had COVID and influenza 12 weeks after testing positive.