Hi. this is Tuesday, January 18 And you’re reading The Loop, a quick wrap-up of today’s news.
one thing you should know
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says it will launch your website To help people find out which stores stock Rapid Antigen COVID tests.
Guild President Trent Toomey Said there were social media and alternative websites”to do more harm than good“For consumers trying to find a RAT:
- website is expected to go live next Monday
- Rapid antigen tests are hard to find in stores across Australia
- The investigation into the news of price rigging has started.
Health Minister Greg Hunt says 70 million test kits are expected in “the coming weeks and months”, but Professor Tomei says it was not until late december That national cabinet formed a consensus to “accept rapid antigen tests”—and, until then, it was Its very late,
what is going on
- MP Brad Hazard He says Victim of a fraudulent COVID-19 test report Following a notification from NSW Health that someone had registered a positive rapid antigen test in his name. Mr Hazard says whoever made the fake report with his details was “teenager” And “Idiot”, and that police will “come to hunt” for anyone who misrepresents information to NSW Health
- Private hospitals may soon be called in to transport public patients Help manage COVID pressures on the health system. federal government is Reactivating an agreement already established in the pandemic which helps private hospitals provide services to public patients and expand intensive care capacity
what australia is looking for online
- Victoria’s Code Brown, The statewide announcement will come into effect from tomorrow, meaning Leave of thousands of employees will be postponed and non-essential services will be postponed, A Code Brown is usually reserved for external emergencies such as natural disasters or mass casualties, but the state’s acting health minister says the system is moving under the Omicron COVID-19 wave.
- Daria Seville, Australian tennis player (formerly Daria Gavrilova – she recently married fellow professional tennis player Luke Saville) lost his first round Australian Open match 6-2, 6-3 after returning to the court from major surgery last year. Meanwhile, the Australian wildcard Madison Inglis 2021 US Open finalists sent Leyla Fernandez Packing in a big mess.
One more thing
What’s wrong with this picture?
Adelaide’s “googly-eyed outlaws” are back again Adding a Little Extra Pizza to City Planner Colonel William Light’s City Statue,
googly eyes have appeared on a Dan Murphy’s sign In Wayland, a picture of colonel sanders a KFC restaurant in Eastwood on the Bucket, and a gym handyman over the past few weeks, but who’s actually putting them out there has remained a mystery.
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abc radio adelaide rowing reporter troy sincock Says Googly Goggle Lights Vision will be “like crowning glory for these pranksters”.
Even News Breakfast’s Adelaide reporter Charles Bryce jumped on the trend:
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With everything else going on now, the residents of Adelaide are laughing at it.
“The madness that’s happening right now, I’m glad they found a way to make people laughOne person wrote on ABC Adelaide’s Facebook page.
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see you tomorrow then.
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PS –
If you haven’t by now, google betty white, The 17th would have been his 100th birthday and a lovely tribute if you catch it in time.
abc / wire
