The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our lives, including routine immunisation coverage.

With escalating COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories, it is vital to understand community views and set realistic expectations to avoid lack of confidence and erosion of trust.

Key immunisation issues include maternal vaccination, allergy, revaccination after vaccine-proximate seizures, BCG vaccination and the general practitioner’s role in the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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.

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

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.

COVID-19 has precipitated a new range of activities, including expanding the content, context and funding of telehealth.

This fifth article in a series on communicable disease outbreaks explores ethical aspects of public health action, information disclosure and research in an epidemic.

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.