Football matches, concerts, schools — even public transport — could be shut down if the potentially fatal coronavirus takes hold in Western Australia, Health Minister Roger Cook has warned.
Joe Spagnolo
It’s hard to think of too many positives to come out of the global COVID-19 crisis. If there is one, it is that it has exposed the fragility of authoritarian governments, and the spin of bad actors.
Gareth Parker
People in Perth have started stocking up on everyday items in preparation for doomsday-like conditions as fears about the spread of coronavirus soar.
Joanne Delalande and Elle Georgiou
Australians will be advised not to travel to Iran under new travel warnings while foreigners coming from Iran will be banned from entering Australia because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The federal government is reportedly considering how to crack down on the importation of nicotine vaping liquids.
Two more coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Australia, but while COVID-19 continues to spread, the WHO has yet to declare a pandemic.
Colin Brinsden - AAP
WA is preparing for a coronavirus pandemic amid warnings from the State’s top doctors that up to one-in-four could contract the disease. Here are the measures being considered.
Peter Law, Joanna Delalande, Sarah Ison & Kate Emery
The prestigious annual Cable Beach Polo event has been cancelled, with organisers blaming the threat of coronavirus.
Krystal Sanders
Another case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed, with the wife of the first case - a man flown home to Australia from the Diamond Princess cruise ship - testing positive for the disease
Joanna Delalande, Kate Emery and Peter Law
Australia’s peak doctors’ group says a coronavirus outbreak in Perth is “inevitable” and a “military style response” is needed.
Peter Law
Surgical masks are being “locked away” in private hospitals to prepare for an outbreak, as the health system moves on to a “war footing” in the fight against the deadly virus.
TheWest.com.au can reveal WA’s only confirmed case, a 78-year-old flown home from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, is being treated in the intensive care unit at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
CAITLYN RINTOUL, SARAH ISON & ELLEN WHINNETT
A premiership coach and a WA icon are leading the push to stamp out bumps after Graham “Polly” Farmer became the first Aussie Rules player diagnosed with brain trauma linked to repeated head knocks.
Glen Quartermain, Jon Ralph & Joanna Delalande
Australia’s emergency response plan for coronavirus has been implemented and the Government expects a global pandemic is on the horizon.
Sarah Ison
In the wake of Graham “Polly” Farmer’s diagnosis, his children speak exclusively about their father’s storied career, how he saw playing through suffering as “a badge of courage” and his final legacy.
Glen Quartermain
“Fever clinics”, used to identify new cases of the coronavirus, are being set up as authorities reveal WA’s Health Department is working on contingency plans in the event of a global pandemic.
Bethany Hiatt
The heartbroken grandmother of a woman who was found dead in Broome says she believes her granddaughter took her own life because she thought there was no escape from her allegedly abusive ex-partner.
Annabel Hennessy
A scheme to allow academically-gifted Chinese students into a handful of sought-after Perth public schools has been put on ice because of the international coronavirus outbreak.
Health Minister Roger Cook has revealed the condition of the WA man being treated for COVID-19, as Queensland scientists announced they were close to a “major breakthrough” in developing a vaccine.
Joe Spagnolo and Sarah Brookes
A toxic algal bloom affecting the Swan River since December has spread and has now been detected as far upstream as Middle Swan Bridge.
The number of WA teenagers admitted to hospital for eating disorders has tripled in the past decade.
Angela Pownall
‘Small numbers’ of Chinese students studying at Australian schools will be allowed back into the country — but they will have to satisfy a string of conditions first. READ THE CRITERIA IN FULL
David Johns
WA has seen a rise in an aggressive strain of meningococcal disease, which has killed two young women in the past few months, prompting a call for more vaccines for young people.
The deadly viral outbreak that began in China has now killed at least 2248 people and infected more than 76,000 others across the world. Here are the countries affected so far.
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