Masks can block 99.9% of COVID-linked droplets With face masks now mandatory in multiple settings, research shows they are ‘highly effective’ at reducing spread of respiratory droplets.
What is each state and territory doing to avoid a coronavirus surge? The global COVID outlook is ‘hugely different’ to Australia’s current circumstances, but with renewed community transmission health authorities are ramping up efforts to prevent further outbreaks.
A letter to those on the healthcare frontline RACGP President Dr Karen Price thanks Australia’s GPs for their hard work and selflessness in what has been an extraordinary year.
October–December 2020: Emerging from the darkness The final months of the year have been a time of transition, progress, solidarity and hope for general practice in Australia.
Vaccine not Australia’s COVID transmission ‘silver bullet’ A new report informed by leading experts urges a multi-pronged response to the pandemic in 2021. But what does that look like?
April–June 2020: The calm before the storm While Australia’s initial COVID wave dissipated, it remained a time of great uncertainty and upheaval for general practice as pandemic preparations continued in earnest.
January–March 2020: Black Summer leads into looming global crisis The devastation wrought by last summer’s bushfires triggered a public health disaster, but it wasn’t long before GPs were dealing with an entirely new foe.
How will GPs tackle COVID vaccine hesitancy? Events like this week’s abandoned University of Queensland trial are unlikely to inspire confidence in people with questions about the safety of a COVID vaccine.
Government ‘did not consider’ pandemic risks on PPE stockpiles: ANAO A new report has found the Federal Government failed to amass enough supplies in the National Medical Stockpile prior to COVID-19.
Severe COVID much more common in males, research shows Men are almost three times more likely to develop severe COVID-19 and enter intensive care, according to a new meta-analysis.