Coronavirus | World grapples with ‘once-in-100-year’ virulence
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | World grapples with ‘once-in-100-year’ virulence

The Hindu  

March 18, 2020 11:27 pm | Updated 11:33 pm IST Hundreds of millions of people worldwide were adjusting on Wednesday to once-in-a-generation measures to battle the COVID-19 pandemic that is not only killing the old and vulnerable but also threatening prolonged economic misery. The fast-spreading disease that jumped from animals to humans in China has now infected about 2,00,000 people and caused over 8,000 deaths in 164 nations, triggering emergency lockdowns and injections of cash unseen since Second World War. “This is a once-in-a-hundred-year type event,” said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, warning the crisis could last six months as his nation became the latest to restrict gatherings and overseas travel. Around the world, rich and poor alike saw lives turned upside-down as events were cancelled, shops stripped, workplaces emptied, streets deserted, schools shut and travel at a minimum. And our society, which had grown used to changes that expand our possibilities of knowledge, health and life, now finds itself in a war to defend all we have taken for granted,” Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Sanchez told Parliament.

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Why thousands of Australians are getting sick right now
1 year, 1 month ago

Why thousands of Australians are getting sick right now

Daily Mail  

Australia's top professors have revealed why Covid cases are suddenly skyrocketing in every state and territory - and how you can help slow the spread of the virus this Christmas. Australia's top professors have revealed why Covid cases are suddenly skyrocketing across every state and territory There were 6,550 reported Covid cases across the country last week, with the Department …

Editorial: The COVID-19 pandemic emergency is over, but virus is still here
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: The COVID-19 pandemic emergency is over, but virus is still here

LA Times  

After three long and difficult years, the federal COVID-19 public health emergency ends Thursday. Now we are shifting into the next phase, in which we manage the waves of infection that are likely to continue for the foreseeable future, while seeking new medications and therapies to reduce transmission, treat infection and help the many people still suffering from infections they …

Coronavirus cases are rising in Europe. Is it a warning for California?
2 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus cases are rising in Europe. Is it a warning for California?

LA Times  

There has been a recent rise in coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe that are in contrast to the continued declines in California and the U.S. Andy Slavitt, a former senior adviser to President Biden’s pandemic response team, noted Monday that based on trends in Europe, the U.S. could see a new rise in coronavirus cases …

Ministers meet to discuss relaxing coronavirus rules amid soaring cases
2 years, 11 months ago

Ministers meet to discuss relaxing coronavirus rules amid soaring cases

Dutch News  

Ministers and health experts are meeting at the prime minister’s official residence on Monday morning to decide what the next steps in dealing with the pandemic should be, ahead of Tuesday’s press conference. On Saturday the NRC said the government’s coronavirus advisory group, the Outbreak Management Team, is recommending opening cafes, bars, restaurants and the cultural sector again, albeit with …

Ministers meet to discuss relaxing coronavirus rules amid soaring cases
2 years, 11 months ago

Ministers meet to discuss relaxing coronavirus rules amid soaring cases

Dutch News  

Ministers and health experts are meeting at the prime minister’s official residence on Monday morning to decide what the next steps in dealing with the pandemic should be, ahead of Tuesday’s press conference. On Saturday the NRC said the government’s coronavirus advisory group, the Outbreak Management Team, is recommending opening cafes, bars, restaurants and the cultural sector again, albeit with …

Australia PM Morrison Upbeat As New Coronavirus Wave Grips Country
3 years ago

Australia PM Morrison Upbeat As New Coronavirus Wave Grips Country

News 18  

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday said his country’s health system can cope with the new wave of coronavirus infections as Victoria state reported a record number of new cases and hospitalizations surged in New South Wales. New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, saw a slight decline in case numbers from a record 22,577 on Saturday to 20,794 …

Coronavirus cases surge across Australia as omicron explodes
3 years ago

Coronavirus cases surge across Australia as omicron explodes

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — Coronavirus cases surged across Australia on Wednesday as an outbreak of the omicron variant exploded, prompting Prime Minister Scott Morrison to schedule an emergency national cabinet meeting. Other states also reported surging numbers, with more than 1,500 new infections in Queensland, 1,400 in South Australia, 138 in the Australian Capital Territory and 55 in Tasmania. State Premier Steven …

Australia Covid-19: Scott Morrison rules out new lockdowns despite rising cases and Omicron fears
3 years ago

Australia Covid-19: Scott Morrison rules out new lockdowns despite rising cases and Omicron fears

CNN  

CNN — For two years, Australia avoided the worst of the coronavirus pandemic thanks to strict border controls and prolonged lockdowns. On Tuesday, the country’s most populous state reported its highest new daily caseload of the pandemic, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called an emergency National Cabinet meeting to discuss the rising infections. The World Health Organization said on …

Christmases for next five years could be hampered by Covid, expert warns
3 years, 1 month ago

Christmases for next five years could be hampered by Covid, expert warns

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When asked if he thought enough was being done to avoid lockdowns and allow …

Covid-19 travel: Sydney to further ease curbs on Monday as vaccinations pick up
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 travel: Sydney to further ease curbs on Monday as vaccinations pick up

Hindustan Times  

Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90% of people have got both doses of vaccine, officials said. Patrons dine-in at a bar by the harbour in the wake of coronavirus disease regulations easing, following an extended lockdown …

Coronavirus Australia: The Project's Carrie Bickmore stands up for 'Fortress Australia' policy
3 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: The Project's Carrie Bickmore stands up for 'Fortress Australia' policy

Daily Mail  

The Project host Carrie Bickmore has slammed critics of the government's response to the Covid pandemic after a London newspaper slammed the nation's 'Fortress Australia' policy. The Project host Carrie Bickmore defended Australia's Covid suppression policy after lingering lockdowns were criticised by a London newspaper London newspaper the Financial Times wrote this week that Australia's early 'glow of global approval' …

Coronavirus Australia live news: Scott Morrison says Government will follow health advice on international borders
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Australia live news: Scott Morrison says Government will follow health advice on international borders

ABC  

Diego Silva, a lecturer in bioethics at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health, spoke to ABC News not long ago. He agrees with World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that there has been a moral failing with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine around the world, with younger adults in wealthy countries being inoculated before older people …

Coronavirus row erupts between NSW and WA as McGowan Government accused of 'lecturing'
4 years ago

Coronavirus row erupts between NSW and WA as McGowan Government accused of 'lecturing'

ABC  

Acting New South Wales Premier John Barilaro says he is "sick to death of being lectured to" by the WA Government over how the Northern Beaches COVID-19 cluster has been handled. Key points: John Barilaro says NSW is doing the "heavy lifting" with overseas arrivals John Barilaro says NSW is doing the "heavy lifting" with overseas arrivals He says lecturing …

Coronavirus Australia news: New venues added to the NSW COVID-19 health alert, including a cinema
4 years ago

Coronavirus Australia news: New venues added to the NSW COVID-19 health alert, including a cinema

ABC  

Victoria’s coronavirus response commander Jeroen Weimar says the Black Rock restaurant cluster is on a “positive” trajectory. Three new cases, all close contacts who were in isolation, were linked to the cluster today, bringing the total number of infections in the outbreak to 24. “We are seeing all of the positive cases that are emerging coming out of the close …

How coronavirus has shaped some Australians' new year's resolutions for 2021
4 years ago

How coronavirus has shaped some Australians' new year's resolutions for 2021

ABC  

Now that we're a couple of days into the new year, we're all trying to come up with resolutions that are COVID-friendly. "I called every travel agent in Kenya and every airline that flies here but Australia's cap on arrivals meant that no flights were available for five months," she said. "Even with all that stuff with money, Australia was …

Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus — until it was too late
4 years ago

Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus — until it was too late

LA Times  

A patient is rushed to intensive care to be intubated and placed on a ventilator at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. https://t.co/b8ZdEGIzyJ — Caitlin Rivers, PhD January 5, 2020 “If you cry wolf too often, people will never pay attention,” said epidemiologist Mark Wilson of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. “I wouldn’t criticize people …

Flights Cancelled, Holidays In Disarray as Sydney Battles Pre-Christmas Coronavirus Outbreak
4 years ago

Flights Cancelled, Holidays In Disarray as Sydney Battles Pre-Christmas Coronavirus Outbreak

News 18  

SYDNEY: Dozens of domestic flights due to leave Sydney were cancelled on Monday and authorities issued more health alerts across the city, as Australia battled to contain a fresh COVID-19 outbreak in its largest city four days before Christmas. A new virus cluster, which was detected in Sydney’s northern coastal suburbs last week, grew to nearly 70 cases, prompting all …

Adelaide's coronavirus cluster — will the city face the same situation as Melbourne?
4 years, 1 month ago

Adelaide's coronavirus cluster — will the city face the same situation as Melbourne?

ABC  

South Australian health authorities are working rapidly to get on top of a growing coronavirus cluster in Adelaide's northern suburbs, in an effort to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 right before Christmas. What we know about Adelaide's outbreak so far South Australia hadn't had a case of community transmission since April 17, but that streak has been brought to …

Britain is at a coronavirus tipping point, says deputy chief medical officer
4 years, 2 months ago

Britain is at a coronavirus tipping point, says deputy chief medical officer

Live Mint  

Britain is at a "tipping point" in the coronavirus crisis and the country must act now to stop history repeating itself, the deputy chief medical officer for England said on Sunday, urging people to follow the rules. Jonathan Van Tam said in an opinion article that the spread of COVID-19 was now moving from younger adult age groups to older …

Coronavirus Australia news: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews details Melbourne's move into second step on COVID-19 recovery roadmap
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Australia news: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews details Melbourne's move into second step on COVID-19 recovery roadmap

ABC  

This is the statement in full: Easing restrictions in Victoria in a COVIDsafe way is vitally important so that more Victorians can get back to work and resume their normal lives. We note that at similar case levels NSW was fundamentally open while remaining Covidsafe due to a world class contact tracing facility. As many epidemiologists have encouraged, we would …

Australia’s coronavirus lockdown strategy worked. Could this be a model for the US?
4 years, 3 months ago

Australia’s coronavirus lockdown strategy worked. Could this be a model for the US?

CNN  

CNN — When Daniel Andrews, premier of the Australian state of Victoria, declared a lockdown over the coronavirus, some detractors on the right labeled him a “dictator” and said he was trying to build “a gulag.” But Andrews – a Labor Party politician who has run Australia’s second-largest state since 2014 – has remained popular with Victorians throughout the lockdown, …

Dr RENEE HOENDERKAMP argues more coronavirus shutdowns would turn dangerous situation into disaster
4 years, 3 months ago

Dr RENEE HOENDERKAMP argues more coronavirus shutdowns would turn dangerous situation into disaster

Daily Mail  

Of all the muddled, panicky, flip-flop responses by the Government to the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of a so-called ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown this week would be the worst yet. Six months ago, when the coronavirus took hold in Britain, the Prime Minister imposed a draconian lockdown that forced people to stay indoors What I did not foresee, back in March, …

Australia’s Victoria sees a steady drop in new coronavirus cases
4 years, 3 months ago

Australia’s Victoria sees a steady drop in new coronavirus cases

Deccan Chronicle  

Sydney: Australia’s Victoria state said the daily rise in coronavirus infections eased further on Thursday, as the state began relaxing most restrictions outside its largest city of Melbourne after a steady drop in cases in recent days. Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state, reported 28 new cases on Thursday, the lowest daily rise since June 24 and down from daily highs …

Coronavirus Live Updates: Read The Latest Updates On The Pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Live Updates: Read The Latest Updates On The Pandemic

Huff Post  

As of Monday, Florida has recorded the third-highest total number of coronavirus cases in the U.S., with more than 700,000, and the fifth-highest number of virus-linked deaths at more than 14,000. We’re talking about commonsense-type of public health measures that we have been talking about all along.” ― Hayley Miller UK Students Only Allowed Home At Christmas ‘If Public Follows …

Australia's Virus Hot Spot Chafes Under Lockdown As Infection Rate Gradually Improves
4 years, 4 months ago

Australia's Virus Hot Spot Chafes Under Lockdown As Infection Rate Gradually Improves

News 18  

MELBOURNE: The state of Victoria reported 76 new coronavirus infections and 11 deaths on Saturday, as trends in Australia’s hot spot for the disease continued to gradually improve after nearly five weeks of a hard lockdown in the state’s capital Melbourne. State premier Daniel Andrews is due to outline plans on Sunday for easing Melbourne’s stage 4 restrictions which shut …

Coronavirus Australia live news: Anti-lockdown protesters gather across Australia, arrests made in Melbourne and Sydney
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Australia live news: Anti-lockdown protesters gather across Australia, arrests made in Melbourne and Sydney

ABC  

Professor Michael Kidd said: "Tomorrow is Father's Day. Like many of our special days over the past eight months, Father's Day is going to be different for many people in Australia this year. Many families in Australia are separated due to the stage for restrictions in Melbourne and the stage three restrictions across Victoria. And many families are separated by …

Coronavirus is devastating the aged care sector, and it all feels shockingly familiar
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus is devastating the aged care sector, and it all feels shockingly familiar

ABC  

Despite the devastating death toll in Victoria's aged care homes, Prime Minister Scott Morrison didn't dwell on the negatives in Question Time yesterday. Instead, he was searching for the positives: 97 per cent of Australia's aged care homes had no coronavirus infections among residents. In the Senate, Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck was armed with his own statistics following last …

Key takeaways from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' latest coronavirus press conference
4 years, 4 months ago

Key takeaways from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' latest coronavirus press conference

ABC  

Victoria has recorded a record number of coronavirus deaths for the second consecutive day. There are around 500 active cases in regional Victoria, which is "relatively stable", Mr Andrews said. Stay up-to-date on the coronavirus outbreak Download the ABC News app and subscribe to our range of news alerts for the latest on how the pandemic is impacting the world …

\'Mystery cases\' worry Australia despite hope for stabilisation
4 years, 5 months ago

\'Mystery cases\' worry Australia despite hope for stabilisation

Deccan Chronicle  

Sydney: Australia’s second-most populous state, Victoria, recorded 466 cases of the new coronavirus on Saturday and 12 COVID-19 deaths, though authorities expressed hope for stabilisation in new infections thanks to strict mobility restrictions. Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews expressed concern over 2,584 “mystery cases,” including 130 on Saturday, with unknown sources of infection. Victoria’s Chief Medical Officer Brett Sutton welcomed …

Cases continue to surge in Melbourne even after month-long lockdown
4 years, 5 months ago

Cases continue to surge in Melbourne even after month-long lockdown

Deccan Chronicle  

Melbourne: Australia's worst-hit state of Victoria reported 15 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, including a man in his 30s, making it the country's deadliest day of the pandemic to date. An outbreak in Melbourne, Australia's second-biggest city and the capital of Victoria, has seen hundreds of new cases recorded daily in recent weeks, including 725 on Wednesday. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews …

Coronavirus ripped through aged cared homes in the UK, but one managed to avoid disaster
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus ripped through aged cared homes in the UK, but one managed to avoid disaster

ABC  

As coronavirus ripped through care homes in the UK, one provider decided to go its own way and ended up saving residents from catastrophe. Key points: About 20,000 UK care residents died from COVID-19 between March and June One provider locked down homes and refused to take in hospital patients Their homes have not experienced a single case of COVID-19 …

Summertime sadness: Resurgent coronavirus dims economic recovery hopes
4 years, 5 months ago

Summertime sadness: Resurgent coronavirus dims economic recovery hopes

Live Mint  

The virus is the summer house guest from hell. If you add that all up together it’s not a pretty picture.” At the same time, as governments face new flare-ups and reimpose full or partial lockdowns, the prospects for a brisk global economic rebound later in the year have dimmed, according to economists and executives. While the virus-stricken world is …

August 2 coronavirus news
4 years, 5 months ago

August 2 coronavirus news

CNN  

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media during a news conference in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday, August 2. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images A “state of disaster” has been declared in Australia’s second most populous state, after health authorities recorded 671 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday. The new cases bring Victoria state’s total confirmed cases to 11,557, including 123 deaths. …

Coronavirus live updates: Victoria reports 671 new COVID-19 cases, and seven deaths
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus live updates: Victoria reports 671 new COVID-19 cases, and seven deaths

ABC  

This from Michael O'Brien: "In declaring a State of Disaster, Premier Daniel Andrews has conceded that his government has lost control of COVID-19 in this state. "The failings of the Labor Government in hotel quarantine, in testing and in contact tracing have led to millions of Victorians being subjected to the harshest restrictions in our history. "We simply must prevail …

Coronavirus UK: Pub in outbreak town was 'packed' and 'chaos'
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Pub in outbreak town was 'packed' and 'chaos'

Daily Mail  

A Staffordshire pub linked to an outbreak of coronavirus failed to take customers' names - meaning they can't be traced - after hundreds were crammed in and ten people caught the virus. Staffordshire County Council today criticised the pub for not keeping a 'comprehensive' list of customers, with Dr Richard Harling, its health director, telling MailOnline this made their track …

Australia reports deadliest day as virus spikes in elder-care homes
4 years, 5 months ago

Australia reports deadliest day as virus spikes in elder-care homes

Deccan Chronicle  

Melbourne: Australia on Thursday reported a record number of new coronavirus infections and its deadliest day of the epidemic so far following a spike in cases at elderly-care homes. The rest of the country remained on high alert, as three new cases were reported in Queensland and several schools in Sydney were shuttered overnight amid growing fears that the country's …

Emergency Teams Sent to Tackle Australia's Worst Coronavirus Outbreak in Aged Homes
4 years, 5 months ago

Emergency Teams Sent to Tackle Australia's Worst Coronavirus Outbreak in Aged Homes

News 18  

Australia has sent defence and emergency medical teams, usually deployed to disaster zones, to aged care homes in the city of Melbourne to help contain the country's worst outbreak of the coronavirus. Victoria reported 295 new cases on Wednesday, down from 532 on Monday, and nine deaths, including seven in aged care. Aged care homes are at the centre of …

Even countries that got coronavirus under control are now struggling. That’s deeply concerning for the rest of the world
4 years, 5 months ago

Even countries that got coronavirus under control are now struggling. That’s deeply concerning for the rest of the world

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The coronavirus is “easily the most severe” public health emergency the World Health Organization has ever faced, its director-general said Monday, as countries that previously appeared to have the pandemic under control recorded an uptick in cases. Ben Cowling, a professor at Hong Kong University’s school of public health, wrote this week that “we may never …

Coronavirus Australia news: Five more coronavirus deaths in Victoria and 357 new cases recorded
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Australia news: Five more coronavirus deaths in Victoria and 357 new cases recorded

ABC  

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted his Government did not understand COVID-19 during its "first few weeks and months". Mr Johnson, who has been criticised for being too slow to react, told the BBC there were "very open questions" about whether the lockdown had started too late. "Maybe there were things we could have done differently, and, of course, …

National Cabinet to meet after coronavirus spending leads to record high debt and deficit
4 years, 5 months ago

National Cabinet to meet after coronavirus spending leads to record high debt and deficit

ABC  

The continuing coronavirus outbreak in Victoria will be a key feature of today's National Cabinet meeting, when state and territory leaders meet with the Prime Minister to discuss the country's response to COVID-19. Key points: National Cabinet will discuss localised outbreak responses and the Victoria outbreak today National Cabinet will discuss localised outbreak responses and the Victoria outbreak today The …

Victorian coronavirus cases rise by 300, seven deaths recorded as people die in aged care settings
4 years, 5 months ago

Victorian coronavirus cases rise by 300, seven deaths recorded as people die in aged care settings

ABC  

Victoria has recorded seven coronavirus deaths since Thursday, marking the deadliest day for the state since the pandemic began, as 300 new COVID-19 infections were detected. Key points: The deaths take the state coronavirus death toll to 56 and the national tally to 140 The deaths take the state coronavirus death toll to 56 and the national tally to 140 …

Australia warns coronavirus outbreak will take weeks to tame
4 years, 5 months ago

Australia warns coronavirus outbreak will take weeks to tame

Deccan Chronicle  

Sydney: A surge in COVID-19 cases in Australia’s second-biggest city could take weeks to subside despite a lockdown and orders to wear masks, Australia’s acting chief medical officer said on Monday as the country braces for a second wave of infection. Authorities in the state of Victoria, whose capital Melbourne is in partial lockdown amid a new outbreak, reported 275 …

WHO chief says there is no return to normalcy in the future, too many countries are heading in the wrong direction with Coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

WHO chief says there is no return to normalcy in the future, too many countries are heading in the wrong direction with Coronavirus

Firstpost  

The WHO said that government and individual responses should depend on local virus conditions - namely, whether there is community spread or no. The World Health Organization’s chief on Monday slammed some government leaders for eroding public trust by sending mixed messages on the coronavirus and warned that their failures to stop their countries’ spiraling outbreaks mean there would be …

Victoria's coronavirus surge could easily get away from us. This is the action we need now
4 years, 5 months ago

Victoria's coronavirus surge could easily get away from us. This is the action we need now

ABC  

Even as Melbourne and surrounds return to lockdown, Victoria on Friday reported 288 new cases of COVID-19. We've seen outbreaks in hospitals and aged care homes, cases spilling across borders into New South Wales and the ACT, and breakdowns in screening procedures even as state borders slam shut — again. Once there is a certain number of cases or significant …

Coronavirus Australia: Greens call for HARDER lockdowns
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Greens call for HARDER lockdowns

Daily Mail  

Adam Bandt has questioned whether easing lockdown restrictions in Victoria was the right call after the horror second wave outbreak of coronavirus. An empty street with a closed restaurant in the inner Melbourne suburb of Prahran on Thursday after the tough new lockdown was introduced Mr Bandt said the urge to return to normalcy left Victorian communities vulnerable to the …

Coronavirus has devastated many of Australia's small businesses. Where to from here?
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus has devastated many of Australia's small businesses. Where to from here?

ABC  

Only six months ago, Jennie Bardsley's independent travel agency of 26 years was bursting with energy. "If it's not extended, then I can't keep them on a full time position with the borders not being open," she said. "I do miss the psychotic part of the business where you're running around like a blue-arsed fly getting things done," the sports …

What's changing under Victoria's tightened coronavirus restrictions?
4 years, 6 months ago

What's changing under Victoria's tightened coronavirus restrictions?

ABC  

Victorian Health authorities believe large family gatherings that included people infected with coronavirus are to blame for an alarming rise in cases in the state. Premier Daniel Andrews said Victoria's case numbers had hit the highest they had been in more than two months and the situation was now at a "tipping point". Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says about half …

Will a coronavirus outbreak come out of the Australian Black Lives Matter protests?
4 years, 7 months ago

Will a coronavirus outbreak come out of the Australian Black Lives Matter protests?

ABC  

Tens of thousands of people gathered around the country on the weekend as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, going against advice from Australia's Chief Medical Officer. "There is no current recommendation that people who attended those mass gatherings should do anything different, in fact, do exactly the same thing — which is get tested if they become unwell," …

The coronavirus recession is like no other — and it risks becoming a chronic problem
4 years, 7 months ago

The coronavirus recession is like no other — and it risks becoming a chronic problem

ABC  

Forget what you know about recessions, this one is very different — and it may be chronic. That's not to say we're about to experience years of economic contraction or "negative growth" as economists like to say, but it's going to remain tough going for many Australians for years. This is the combination of two overbearing forces: an economy built …

What these medical experts want you to know about Australia's coronavirus response — and the dangers of complacency
4 years, 7 months ago

What these medical experts want you to know about Australia's coronavirus response — and the dangers of complacency

ABC  

In March, the Federal Government's own medical advisers warned up to 150,000 people could die if strict measures were not taken to combat the coronavirus. "There is no doubt we had to do serious things, because even without the modelling, it was obvious what was happening in other countries already," said the Australian National University's Peter Collignon. "We're seeing similar …

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