When Dean's* father was rushed to hospital with a bad case of gastro in February, he assumed he'd be back on his feet in a few days. "The numbers indicate that there is a big problem here — these infections and deaths are potentially preventable," said Associate Professor Suman Majumdar, chief health officer for COVID and health emergencies at the …
An infectious diseases expert who was part of the team which treated Australia's first coronavirus patient has become the first person in Victoria to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Key points: Monash Health's Rhonda Stuart says it's "amazing" the vaccine is available a year after the first patients were treated About 12,000 doses of the vaccine are scheduled for rollout …
Victoria has recorded no new coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the first batch of coronavirus vaccines arriving in the state. Health Minister Martin Foley on Saturday said recording zero cases indicated the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport outbreak was "increasingly under control". Hotel quarantine workers, airport and port workers, high-risk frontline health staff, and public sector …
The first Victorians to receive the coronavirus vaccine will be able to do so at nine hubs at public hospitals in Melbourne and regional Victoria, the State Government says. Key points: No date has been set for the first round of priority vaccinations, but it is expected to be finalised this month No date has been set for the first …
By staying home, Australians have bought the health system precious time to prepare for the COVID-19 peak. "It's going to be very challenging for them," says the course's designer, Ken Hambrecht, from e-learning company Medcast. "We have had at least one case I'm aware of where we had a line of sight to a few hundred very legitimate ventilators from …