NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials with NSW Health are urging people to make sure they are up to date with their tetanus vaccinations after three cases in NSW, including one death. Dr Christine Selvey,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 An individual in their in their 50s is the first confirmed measles case in New South Wales (NSW) since February 2020, according the health officials. The patient acquired their infection...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews NSW Health reported today the first known death in NSW linked to the Omicron variant of concern. Health officials report the patient, a man in his 80s from western...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63  In Australia, New South Wales (NSW) Health confirm urgent genomic testing undertaken today shows two overseas travellers have been infected with the new Omicron B.1.1.529 COVID-19...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The numbers New South Wales (NSW) Health reported 1,116 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, including four deaths. Of the 1,116 locally acquired cases reported...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 NSW Health is reporting an increase in Legionnaires’ disease cases in the Greater Sydney area in December and January. Seventeen cases of Legionnaires’ disease were notified...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with NSW Health are reporting five measles cases in people who hadn’t travelled outside Sydney. All five people first developed symptoms between Christmas...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The University of Sydney has reported six confirmed cases of leptospirosis in dogs in the inner west. All the dogs died or were euthanized. The specific suburbs where...

Officials with NSW Health report with the recent two additional confirmed measles cases, the total cases seen since Christmas is up to 11. NSW Health is warning passengers on an international flight to...

In a follow-up on the measles situation in New South Wales, Australia, health officials have reported four additional cases in the past week, bringing the total to seven in January. The fourth case was...