Two passenger trains collided in the southwest of the Czech Republic on Wednesday, injuring dozens of passengers.
Police said the crash occurred shortly after 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) in the town of Milavce.
Czech Railways said an international high-speed train that connects the western Czech city of Plzen with Munich in Germany and a local passenger train were involved in the collision.
The local CTK news agency said up to 50 passengers could have been injured, citing firefighters.
More to come.
A new local COVID-19 case has been recorded in Victoria.
Al-Taqwa College in Melbourne's west today confirmed a teacher had received a positive result and the school would temporarily close.
The staff member is in isolation.
All staff, students and all members of their households have been directed to get tested immediately and isolate.
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A specific testing line has been established at the Melbourne Showgrounds this afternoon for anyone from the school.
People from the college must continue quarantining until further notice, even if they return a negative test.
Al-Taqwa College principal Omar Hallak said the school would be "locking down for the full 14-day precautionary period".
The Department of Health confirmed the case in the staff member and said investigations were underway.
"The acquisition source of this case is currently under investigation and household contacts of the case are being urgently tested," Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said in a statement.
This afternoon Coles in Yarraville was identified as a Tier Two exposure site.
Anyone who was at the supermarket on July 29 between 4.30pm and 5.30pm must get tested and quarantine until receiving a negative result.
The new community case comes after the state started the day with zero new cases.
Testing Commander Jeroen Weimar earlier this afternoon warned the latest Delta cluster had not been fully contained.
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"These outbreaks are not over until we've got everybody cleared, until all remaining leads have been closed down, all exposure sites released," he said.
Mr Weimar said there were currently 99 active cases of the virus in Victoria.
Nine people are in hospital, two of whom are in ICU.
Almost all of the 40,000 primary and secondary close contacts who were ordered to quarantine during the outbreak have been released.
Fewer than 3000 people remain in isolation.
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Western Australia has recorded a possible new community case of COVID-19 in a fly-in-fly-out worker, Premier Mark McGowan has revealed.
The FIFO worker flew to Fortescue Metals Group's Cloudbreak mine on July 20.
He was at the airport at the same time as a positive COVID-19 case who flew in from Queensland after completing hotel quarantine there.
While investigations are still underway, health authorities believe this is the "most plausible explanation" for the man recently testing positive.
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Mr McGowan said the man had returned a "very weak positive" test result, first testing positive before testing negative.
The man is asymptomatic and likely not currently infectious, but "the suspicion is that he may well have been positive at some point in time while in the community".
The premier noted that to "further complicate matters", the man had also contracted the coronavirus after returning from overseas in March last year.
This means it is possible that the positive result was from a long-term shedding of the virus, but health experts believed this was "unlikely".
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The man worked at the FMG Cloudbreak mine site between July 20 and July 27 before returning to Perth, where it's understood he has since spent time in the Greenwood, Subiaco and Fremantle areas.
The man's girlfriend and one of his closest work colleagues have so far tested negative.
It is the first case of community transmission in the state in a number of weeks.
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WA Health Minister Roger Cook said the case was "unusual" but because he had previously been at the same place as another positive case, precautions are being taken.
"This is an unusual case, very unusual," Mr Cook said.
"The only reason we are taking these steps is because he returned weak positive results across a number of platforms and had that shared (exposure site) with a positive case from Queensland."
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Health authorities are asking everyone who was at Perth Airport on July 20 and July 27 between 4am and 7am to get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result.
Mr McGowan said that health authorities believed it was possible the man contracted the virus but, due to it being his second infection, was not infectious to others.
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The youngest person to die from COVID-19 in Australia contracted the virus a fortnight before he suddenly deteriorated.
Aude Alaskar, a 27-year-old forklift truck driver, was in isolation with his wife, a disability worker, at their home in Liverpool in south-west Sydney.
It is believed she caught the virus first and her husband then became infected on July 21.
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A relative told 9News he had relatively mild symptoms until lunchtime yesterday, when he started coughing, vomiting and then collapsed.
He had not been vaccinated.
His death was announced during the daily COVID-19 press conference this morning.
"Our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones," NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
"But it demonstrates again how this disease is lethal, how it affects people of all ages."
Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said he was being cared for by the southwestern Sydney local health district.
"He was being followed up daily by nursing staff and suddenly deteriorated," she said.
"That death is also being referred to the coroner as I understand it."
Dr Chant said the man had complained of feeling "a little fatigued" before his death.
"I think that is important to understand that your health status can deteriorate and you can have sudden death with COVID infection."
His wife has since been taken to hospital.
"He was with another person. You can imagine the trauma for that other person who has now been hospitalised. That person also had COVID," Dr Chant said this morning.
His family said he had no obvious health issues but have suggested he may have had an underlying heart condition.
A second COVID-19 death was also recorded yesterday.
A woman in her 80s from Sydney's inner west died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
NSW recorded 233 new cases of COVID-19 today.
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Every Australian adult who wants a coronavirus vaccine will have one by Christmas, the head of the national COVID-19 vaccine taskforce has declared.
Lieutenant General John Frewen said today the nation is entering the next phase of the rollout and 213,000 doses were administered yesterday, another record.
He was asked about the timeline of the rollout, when younger people will be able to access more vaccines, and when the 80 per cent target will be reached.
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"My first responsibility is to make sure every Australian who wants to be vaccinated this year can do so and I am confident we can achieve that," Lieutenant General Frewen said.
"I will make sure that everybody gets a dose by Christmas, will make sure that we put everything we can to get to 70 per cent as soon as possible and once we get there, we will work on getting to 80," he added.
Lieutenant General Frewen also said 10 million doses of Moderna will be available later this year which he hopes will accelerate the rollout.
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He also said the reason Pfizer is not available for young people yet is because there is not enough supply.
"All age groups can access AstraZeneca… the main reason for not opening up all cohorts to mRNA (Pfizer) is expectation, filling up booking systems and not realistically be able to access the stuff.
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"The idea for 30-39 we will open mRNA towards the end of this month, early next month means that when people are told they can access the vaccine they can do it in a reasonable period of time."
He added people need to make an informed decision based on the vaccine that is currently available.
