GPs call for better protection as two of their own battle COVID Calls are mounting for health authorities to better protect primary care professionals, with almost 1000 Australian healthcare workers infected and multiple GPs hospitalised with COVID-19.
Fears CALD patients avoiding healthcare during pandemic As coronavirus restrictions are tightened, GPs are being encouraged to reach out to their culturally and linguistically diverse patients.
Vaccine search: Australian study moves to phase 2 trials As COVID-19 claims more Australian lives and authorities consider longer and harsher lockdown restrictions, newsGP speaks with a leading researcher about the prospect of a vaccine.
Unusual things we’ve learned about the coronavirus Much as come to light since the world became aware of COVID-19.
‘A really valuable service’: GP-led COVID-19 respiratory clinics As case numbers continue to spike, a new RACGP resource is designed to guide the establishment and ongoing management of GP-led respiratory clinics.
Australian COVID-19 trials add convalescent plasma as a treatment The plasma of recovered patients could be an additional therapy for people with the virus.
Is there a long-term future for masks in Australia? It has been said that social distancing will be part of our lives for the duration of the pandemic. Could that also be true of face coverings?
Aged care faces coronavirus crisis as residents transferred With almost 770 active cases recorded among aged care residents and staff in Melbourne, the Federal Government has gone into crisis mode.
GPs join chorus of alarm surrounding contact tracing Lag times for notifying close contacts have stretched to four weeks in some instances, potentially allowing the disease to spread unchecked.
Coronavirus endgame: What will it take to bring COVID-19 under firm control? We wiped out smallpox and tamed polio. Now Australia’s experts tell newsGP how we can beat COVID-19.