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.

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.

We recommend a precautionary approach to respiratory protection for healthcare workers potentially exposed to SARS-CoV-2 until the efficacy of surgical masks can be proven.

The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on movement restriction and family finances appear to be exacerbating domestic violence incidence and creating barriers to help-seeking for women, men and children.

The concept of adaptive reserve has been identified as being critical to help practices reinforce themselves against the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on people with palliative care needs.

The ongoing economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to produce significant ongoing stresses for children and families.

In times of disaster, domestic violence rates tend to increase. This is a concern in the context of COVID-19, which is a more prolonged crisis than most of those studied.

Although COVID-19 primarily affects the respiratory system, cardiovascular involvement is common, especially in individuals who are severely ill.

As schools reopen as a result of low community transmission rates of COVID-19, parents and teachers will have understandable concerns about the risks to students and staff.

The capacity for grief literacy is something we all need to develop in the midst of this pandemic.

Coping theory is the best guideline we have to help ourselves, our teams and our patients survive these uncertain times.