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February 2022 Omicron and War

February 2022 Summary of what went down this month. The world had another 60,952,275 reported cases of Covid-19, with 280706 people losing their lives to the disease. Covid-19 came home this month to our family, friends, and neighbours, with a … Continue reading

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No 25 January 2022      Omincron, the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet and most virulent form of the Coronavirus yet.

The world has gone from 286 million cases of Covid-19 to 374 million cases in a month, a 30.8% increase in Covid-19 cases in just one month! Australia has gone from 389 thousand cases of Covid-19 to 2.541 million cases … Continue reading

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December 2021      And then there was Omicron

In the last month the world has seen over 23 million new cases of Covid-19 and over 202 thousand people have died of the disease. Australia has had over 178 thousand new cases of Covid-19 and 213 deaths due to … Continue reading

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November 2021  The Fifth Wave has started then along comes Omicron

In the last month there have been over 16 million  new cases of Covid-19 world wide, with over 227,000 deaths.In Australia we had over 41 thousand new cases of Covid-19, with over 277 deaths.Australia has delayed opening its borders to … Continue reading

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October 2021   The Fourth Wave has finished and Australia is opening up.

In the last month there have been another 36 million cases of Covid-19 globally with another 200,000 deaths, at home in Australia we had our worst month of the pandemic, with 65,000 new cases of Covid-19 and around 400 deaths. … Continue reading

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September 2021 Covid-19 Delta Variant comes to Australia.

As the global 4th wave of Covid-19 went into decline the pandemic smacked Australia. With firstly NSW then Victoria going through rapid widespread infections throughout the 2 states. The rest of Australia closed their borders to the 2 states and … Continue reading

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August 2021 Covid-19. Same same but different 

The fourth wave continues to grow through the ever increasingly vaccinated world. Developed world countries like the UK and USA are seeing Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations at similar levels as this time last year, despite a large percentage of their … Continue reading

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July 2021 Delta Variant takes us into a 4th global wave.

The fourth wave of Covid-19 infections has been well established now, the only good thing is that the death rate continues to keep low as the world gets better at treating the disease. Australia is pushing hard now to get … Continue reading

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June 2021 Just when we thought things were getting better Delta arrives.

The number of new daily cases of Covid-19 has stabilised in a band similar to the end of the second wave. However, there is always something new around to kick this beast on. This month it is the emergence of … Continue reading

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May 2021 Life is getting back to ……. normal?

We started our month with a guided walk through Veale Gardens with the Adelaide Parklands Association. It was really interesting to find out a bit of history behind the gardens across the road from where we live. This was the … Continue reading

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