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
Epidemics are a stress test for the resilience of a country- their health system, governments and people. Keep asking- are we doing everything we can? #COVID19
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
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”.
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
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
“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