Possible COVID quarantine changes flagged The seven-day isolation period will be discussed at National Cabinet this week, with politicians divided on whether it should be reduced.
Is Australia ready for the COVID Delta variant? With cases emerging in most states and territories, experts are concerned Australia is ill-prepared.
‘Nervous’ wait for aerosol guidelines following another HQ leak Consensus guidelines on face mask and eye protection against COVID are currently with ICEG for review.
Skilled, needed – and stuck overseas Dozens of doctors – including GPs – have not been able to secure flights to Australia despite having a job lined up in an area of need.
Another quarantine outbreak raises questions over airborne transmission The newly-confirmed coronavirus case is a Melbourne hotel worker branded a ‘model employee’, who did not breach any infection control protocols. So how did he catch the virus?
Latest hotel quarantine leak proves ‘we’re not learning’ Hotel quarantine has now been breached in every mainland state in Australia, leading experts to label the latest failure ‘Groundhog Day’.
Highly infectious COVID variants spur calls to shut Australia’s borders A former WHO epidemiologist told newsGP the best way to handle a potential outbreak of a new strain is ‘by stopping it from happening in the first place’.
How space psychiatry became relevant during the pandemic As NSW and Victoria see a COVID resurgence, an expert gives GPs management strategies for the psychological consequences of isolation and quarantine.
Is it time for a national approach to hotel quarantine? With quarantine-related cases having already led to outbreaks in Victoria and SA, and a case in NSW making authorities nervous, experts think so.
COVID trade-offs: How to keep testing rates high With low case numbers and coronavirus fatigue setting in, is it time to make testing more palatable and favour quantity as much as quality?