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
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Very unfortunate, get well soon. Covid-19 case forces UK’s McLaren Racing out of #f1Melbourne. If we want to contain this virus, ALL overseas visitors to Australia must be quarantined 14 days. #auspol #ausbiz
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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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Melissa, it’s a difficult decision. Some models will be worst case and may have been based on assumptions that don’t fit Australia.
Agree. It would be good to know the variables included- such as R0; serial interval; proportion of severe/critical; the level of impact of border protection; banning public meetings; temperature and relative humidity etc.
To our knowledge mail/parcel are not important risk factors for transmission. But if worried - handwash after handling mail.
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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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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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“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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“Go hard, go early with isolation” – it saves lives. That’s what we’ve learned. #auspol #coronavirus #CoronaOutbreak
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