Caution needs to be observed during the COVID-19 pandemic if a patient’s symptoms align with a viral conjunctivitis.

A series of Commonwealth and state initiatives have been enacted to ensure ongoing access to medications during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lessons from previous pandemics emphasise the importance of consistent information and advice for healthcare workers, particularly regarding their use of personal protective equipment.

Medication review can be delivered using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure ongoing provision of care to vulnerable patient populations and to minimise risk of infection.

The sinonasal cavity is an important route of entry and infection for SARS-CoV-2 and carries the highest viral load in the respiratory tract.

This review aims to bring some clarity to the case fatality rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection and SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in the paediatric population.

A simulation module was designed to provide a safe training environment for medical staff to comprehensively practise their skills when managing COVID-19.

The recent increased public experience with epidemiological concepts such as contact tracing offers new potential to improve detection and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia.

Primary healthcare, with its established principles and multisectoral approach, is an ideal mechanism to provide support and care in response to health threats.

The COVID-19 pandemic, with its resulting city lockdowns, mass quarantines and social isolation worldwide, has uniquely highlighted the importance of mental health.

Characterising the general practice response to the COVID-19 pandemic is important for ongoing policy planning.

The traumatic experiences associated with COVID-19 pose significant risks for the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the exacerbation of pre-existing PTSD.

Healthcare workers are a vulnerable population who have been exposed to high work-related stress during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the high risk of infection and excessive workloads.

Quarantine has been associated with increased rates of suicide, anger, acute stress disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, with symptoms continuing even years after quarantine.

The pandemic statistics highlight the need for ongoing, careful follow-up of all patients with COVID-19 with regular screening for likely long-term persistent neurological involvements.