Professor of Epidemiology @UNSW with an eye on infection at all times. Advisor to @WHO Health Emergencies IPC Preparedness, Readiness and Response to COVID-19

Sydney, New South Wales
Joined December 2015
What a week! Yesterday started with a newspaper interview; worked all day; dinner with a research team, then another interview; finally a teleconference with WHO until 1am. Today an all day team meeting - I think I need coffee ☕️ ☕️ and more ☕️.
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The Lancet shares Covid-19 research here: tinyurl.com/uczswmw
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
DIRECT FROM COVID HQ: A coronavirus special with host @michaelusher. As the outbreak spreads across the globe, The Latest has assembled a team of world-leading experts in disease, virology and medicine to answer your questions. Watch: 7news.link/COVIDHQ #TheLatest #7NEWS
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
In a special release episode we speak to @MarylouiseMcla1 from the @UNSW Medicine about all things #coronavirus. She dispels some of the misinformation, provides advice about infection prevention and explains some of the more nuanced points of #COVID-19 traffic.libsyn.com/purplepen…
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
“Go hard, go early- isolate 14 days” It saves lives and our Australian government is doing it. Here’s more details on what we learned from SARS. #CoronaOutbreak #coronavirus
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How will an Aussie GP know if your flu like symptoms are #coronavirus ? You’ve got a dry cough, gut pain, intermittent fever & headaches. At the moment, the key question is “have you, or someone you’re close with, recently returned from an infected country”? #COVID19
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Public Health updates from the Australian Government :- tinyurl.com/u7ht99p
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Is #COVID19Australia a Pandemic? Not at this stage. It’s still just an epidemic, because we don’t have sustained person to person transmission. But as Winston Churchill said “Never waste a good crisis”.
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
We know people have a lot of questions about #coronavirus, so tune in tonight to a special 7.30 dedicated to giving you the facts and sensible advice from world leading experts. #abc730
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
Inappropriate stockpiling of masks and respirators and use in community is not just impacting on availability for health care workers but also those in industry. My local electrician states he can’t find respirators in shops and needs them for cutting concrete! #CoronaOutbreak
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Around 40 corona virus cases confirmed in Australia. How do we find the “Index” - the first person to bring an infection into a region? First, we check the movements of everyone diagnosed- do they have any location in common? #CoronaVirus #COVID2019
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Outdoor advertising - part of China’s effective response to #COVID19. This one asks playfully - “How to show your filial piety? By having your parents grounded” #Coronavirus #WuhanVirus
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/det… A radio panel on coronavirus's global spread trends and whether other nations can copy China's disease-control practice. Hosted by my colleague @AnnaGE_ , joined by me, Dr. John Cai from Academy of China Healthcare Innovation Platform, and @MarylouiseMcla1
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
Here's the latest on #COVID19, how it compares to SARS and when we can expect a vaccine, from renowned infection control expert Professor Mary-Louise McLaws - @MarylouiseMcla1. #coronavirus
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Hello Geneva. Plans afoot for global infection control of the Wuhan coronavirus. #covid19
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
Science is a collaborative discipline. Yet science is being held back by a gender gap. On this #WomenInScience day, let’s pledge to end the gender imbalance in science, and promote women’s and girls’ access to science education, training & jobs.
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
Happy #WomenInScience Day! 👩‍🔬👩‍🚀 Let’s smash stereotypes, defy gender bias and defeat discrimination that holds women and girls back in Science, Tech, Engineering and Math.
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