After a period of calm around the coronavirus pandemic in Australia, two states have been thrown into uncertainty after the virus leaked into the community again.

The new outbreaks have been linked back to hospitals where COVID-19 patients are being treated and spread by un-vaccinated health care workers prompting criticism of Australia’s vaccine rollout which is already well behind schedule.

Today on Please Explain, as Queensland and New South Wales grapple with the impacts of the latest coronavirus outbreak, Nathanael Cooper is joined by Mary Ward to look at what has brought us here.

After a period of calm around the coronavirus pandemic in Australia, two states have been thrown into uncertainty after the virus leaked into the community again.
The new outbreaks have been linked back to hospitals where COVID-19 patients are being treated and spread by un-vaccinated health care workers prompting criticism of Australia&rsquo;s vaccine rollout which is already well behind schedule.
Today on Please Explain, as Queensland and New South Wales grapple with the impacts of the latest coronavirus outbreak, Nathanael Cooper is joined by Mary Ward to look at what has brought us here.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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