A month after the revelation that less than 50% of aged and disability care workers were unvaccinated, officials announced this morning that the statistic still remains below 50%. 

As of today, 46.5% have received one dose and only 38.5% are fully vaccinated

Zero COVID-19 cases have been reported after a leak in hotel quarantine caused a man to contract the virus. 

Officials are on high alert and are now investigating the point of transmission.

Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates says Queensland's health crisis is only getting worse. 

It comes after the latest statistics show a blow out in surgery wait times with more than 55,000 Queenslanders left languishing.

Queensland hospitals have also recently come under fire due to an appalling increase in the time patients have to wait in emergency departments. 

Queensland authorities have identified the man responsible for putting Queensland on high COVID alert. 

The man travelled to Queensland from a New South Wales hotspot visiting multiple caboolture and Gold Coast venues while carrying the Delta strain. 

The man fled Sydney's lockdown to meet a 36-year-old female Brisbane flight attendant who also failed to abide by the state’s health restrictions. The pair have both been fined.

Novavax, one of the Federal Government's largest vaccine investments and “primary vaccine”, has announced delays- with 51 million vaccines potentially not reaching Australia until 2022. 

Despite the large investment, The Federal Government is now quietly working to secure more Pfizer vaccines. 

Further economic assistance is expected to be announced today for Sydney as the city’s lockdown is to be extended by one month. 

The Prime Minister, the NSW Premier and the Treasurer have talked about bolstering financial support in the state to keep businesses and workers afloat.

According to estimates, NSW is losing about $180 million every day while lockdown restrictions are in place. 

Finance Minister Simon Birmingham has said the new financial packages that have been proposed will help fill in the gaps for struggling businesses.

Severe COVID cases are surging in Tokyo while the Olympics are going on, as the Japanese capital reported a record number of new infections.

New daily cases hit 2848 in Tokyo, exceeding 2500 for the first time since the start of the pandemic, according to Tokyo’s officials and the record comes Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in its fifth day of official competition.

A forest fire that took over 300 firefighters to put out, just a short distance from Greek Capital, Athens, wreaked havoc yesterday causing mass evacuations.

The cause of the fire has not been announced by Greek officials, however, several Greek districts are now on high alert for fires. 

Devastating blazes  have also been reported on Spanish island, Catalonia causing officials to announce a state of emergency and the Italian island of Sardinia where over 1000 people have been evacuated.