Australia to give fourth COVID-19 jab to over 65s

Raina MacIntyre, head of the biosecurity program at the Kirby Institute of the University of NSW, welcomed news of a fourth jab but said she would have preferred the dose be made available to… more

Omicron BA.2 COVID Variant Symptoms Explained As New U.S. Wave Possible

Raina MacIntyre, head of the Biosecurity Research Program at the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, also thinks a surge in cases could be on the way in the U.S. READ… more

‘The virus can still wreak havoc’: NSW case numbers a reminder the pandemic isn…

Experts say case numbers rising in New South Wales is a sharp reminder the pandemic is not over and should not be treated as such. NSW recorded 16,288 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, an increase of… more

Will we need annual Covid-19 boosters?

Experts agree that the Covid-19 vaccines will need to be updated to provide greater protection against future variants—but many "don't think the entire population is going to need annual vaccines,"… more

Govt denies failing aged care in Omicron

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has defended the decision to ease COVID-19 restrictions in December, denying at a parliamentary inquiry that aged care representatives warned him against making the… more

We should not expect COVID-19 to become an endemic virus – scientist

Covid-19 will never become an endemic illness and will always behave like an epidemic virus, an expert in biosecurity, Raina MacIntyre, a professor of global biosecurity at the University of New… more