Feb 01 2021

New travel restrictions for people who have visited Western Australia

From ACT Health:

A new Public Health Direction will come into effect by 2pm today, declaring the Perth metropolitan area, the Peel and South West regions of Western Australia (WA) as COVID-19 affected areas.

The Direction will restrict travel to the ACT from these COVID-19 affected areas of WA with an online declaration process for ACT residents and...

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Feb 01 2021

Have you seen Mitchell?

Police are seeking public help to locate a missing 28-year-old Canberra man.

Mitchell Bush was last seen in Civic at three o’clock this morning.

He’s described as being of Caucasian appearance, with short brown hair and an average build.

Police say he may be driving a blue Subaru WRX with a distinctive white bonnet and ACT registration...

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Feb 01 2021

Drop in Organ Donations

Organ donation in Australia dived by 12 per cent last year according to the Organ and Tissue Authority.

The most significant drop in the number of donors and of recipients occurred in March, April and October.

The number of donors dropped from 548 in 2019 to 463 in 2020.

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Feb 01 2021

Divide in Childhood Vaccinations across Canberra

There appears to be a division in childhood vaccines across Canberra according to data compiled by Torrens University’s Public Health Information Development Unit.

Vaccination rates sit below the national average in Canberra’s inner suburbs, while in the southern suburbs 97.9 per cent of five-year-olds are fully immunised.

Nationally, 95...

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