Infectious disease specialist shares what Australian doctors are treating the coronavirus with

An infectious diseases doctor working on the front line of the COVID-19 health crisis has shared his best knowledge around treatment plans that are in place across Australian hospitals and how long it takes to rid a patient of the illness. Dr Peter Simos, who is based in Queensland, sat down with personal trainer Aaron Mcallister from FitazFk to talk about the global coronavirus pandemic Aaron Mcallister and Georgio Batsinilas from FitazFk had Dr Simos as a guest on their Instagram page on Wednesday night CORONAVIRUS CASES IN AUSTRALIA: 27,244 Victoria: 20,269 New South Wales: 4,273 Queensland: 1,161 Western Australia: 692 South Australia: 473 Tasmania: 230 Australian Capital Territory: 113 Northern Territory: 33 TOTAL CASES: 27,244 ESTIMATED ACTIVE CASES: 269 DEATHS: 897 Updated: 5.31 PM, 11 October, 2020 Source: Australian Government Department of Health While treatment plans are thus far experimental - and a vaccine likely 12 to 18 months away from being made available - Dr Simos did say health professionals were seeing positive results from using other diseases' supplies. * Fatality rates are 10 to 20 times higher than that of the regular flu * Pregnant women are so far not at risk of passing on coronavirus to their offspring when they give birth * Medication used to treat malaria and rumatoid arthritis are being used at the moment * You need to have no fever for two days, no symptoms for one day and two swabs 24 hours apart that come back negative before you are 'clear' * You can become clear in as little as 12 days if you have no complications Dr Simos said it can take up to 12 days to 'clear' the virus from your system, however that is an approximation. 'At this stage you need to at least have some symptoms and some travel history in the last two weeks,' he said The individuals Dr Simos is most worried about are chronic smokers, those with respiratory diseases and those with compromised immune systems, like cancer patients going through chemotherapy. Dr Simos agreed with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's decision to avoid a total lockdown and instead make gradual changes like avoid non-essential contact and overseas travel for the next six months.