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Family’s distress as 69-year-old woman is left outside hospital in extreme heat

Her daughter has said the incident lacked “dignity and compassion”

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Patients at some of Adelaide’s major hospitals have been ramped for hours while Adelaide swelters through a heatwave.

Several Australian schools reintroduce mandatory mask rules for students

Experts have weighed in after a small number of schools made the change.

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Students in years 2-11 wear face masks as they return to school at Fairvale High School in Sydney, Monday, October 25, 2021. All student year groups are returning to NSW classrooms for face-to-face learning despite some schools being closed for deep cleaning after COVID-19 cases. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Hundreds of thousands of active COVID-19 cases ‘likely’ walking undetected in Australia

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Pedestrians wear face masks in Brisbane, Friday, December 17, 2021. The Queensland government will mandate face masks in essential retailers and on public transport after recording 16 COVID-19 cases that were infectious in the community. (AAP Image/Jono Searle) NO ARCHIVING

Worried about catching COVID again? Experts say you can protect yourself

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‘It will be hard to outrun becoming infected or reinfected with a COVID variant in the years to come.’

‘The ‘mild’ days of Omicron are over’: How new COVID strains could double the 10k death toll

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A ‘very big wave’ of long COVID is coming - and we aren’t prepared, expert warns

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‘Brain fog’ is a common symptom of long COVID. File image.