One in three hospitalised Covid patients is in ICU, including eight under the age of 60.

Pfizer boss Albert Bourla has been open about world leaders reaching out to secure supply.

Coal imports from Indonesia in 2020 was 1.084 million tonnes, just over one billion kg.

Mercy flights from NSW began on Tuesday, with travellers heading into MIQ upon arrival.

Pre-departure tests are subject to "random validation" - meaning not everyone was checked.

Kiwis are split on whether returnees from NSW should have their hotel bills paid for them.

The businessman and his crew were slapped with more than $17k in fines.

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has expressed regret for the delayed lockdown.

Gesture has united a grief-stricken community after baby boy was mauled to death by dog.

A restaurant's owner has resorted to bizarre measures to keep its door open in Sydney.

'[Mum] just cries on the phone when I ring her, but I can't get home Mum ...'

There is little hope the Greater Sydney lockdown will end on Friday as planned.

A ship carrying two Covid-infected mariners has docked in Wellington.

Australians have reacted with fury over a confronting new ad.

Managed return flights for lucky few will start bringing people home on Tuesday.

Gladys Berejiklian has praised Sydney's response to increased lockdown measures.

"I'll be shocked if it's less than 100 this time tomorrow," NSW's Premier says.

In outback China there are two secret facilities likened to America's mysterious Area 51.

Olivia Molly Rogers assumed it was normal not to remember large parts of her night.

Greater Sydney's lockdown could last until well into August, experts have warned.

Details show how teacher Monica Young groomed her 14-year-old victim.

Sydney mum and daughter caught the virus off a cousin an hour before lockdown announced.

The world watched Australia for its Covid success, and it's watching again.

Kirsty Mitchell says cancer treatment in New Zealand should not come down to money.

Forty-three NSW Covid-19 patients are in hospital - 14 of them under the age of 55.

NZ paused green flights from NSW yesterday in response to the state's worsening outbreak.

"New Zealand needs to be vigilant, as the Delta variant takes hold in Australia."

A dreaded aspect of pandemic travel could change if the trial is successful.

Public servants told they will be sacked if they are not fully vaccinated by November 1.

Of today's 44 new cases, 29 had been out and about in the community.