Infectious diseases

Prof Yun-Hee Jeon
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These deaths show how fatal and fast the spread of the infection can be, and the extreme challenge of containing the virus once a positive case appears in aged care homes.

Dr Linda Calabresi
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Based on our knowledge about immunisation against other coronaviruses both in animals and humans, if we do get a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, it is unlikely to be highly immunogenic or confer long-term immunity.

Dr Linda Calabresi
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The WHO has issued a warning against assuming people who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the past are immune against re-infection, even if antibodies are detected serologically.

Mahmoud Elkhodr
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About 1.13 million people had downloaded the federal government’s COVIDSafe app by 6am today, just 12 hours after its release last night, said Health Minister Greg Hunt. The government is hoping at least 40% of the population will make use of the app, designed to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus disease.

Dr Linda Calabresi
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Australia’s current strategy aimed at containment and mitigation of COVID-19 is working well. Australia is in a much better place than was originally predicted according to early modelling.

Dr Linda Calabresi
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On Monday April 20, Hong Kong reported no new cases of COVID-19, one of very few places around the world to have recorded such a great negative at this stage in the pandemic.

Toby Phillips
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As the COVID-19 curve starts to flatten in Australia and New Zealand, people are rightly wondering how we will roll back current lockdown policies. Australia’s federal health minister Greg Hunt says Australia is looking to South Korea, Japan and Singapore to inform our exit strategy. New Zealand is relaxing some measures from next week.

Expert/s: Toby Phillips
Dr Linda Calabresi
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It is the world-wide experience that children appear to be at low risk of experiencing symptomatic COVID-19. Because of the low numbers, there are still a number of unanswered questions with regard to the transmission and expression of the disease in this population. Many studies are currently underway, but Professor Crawford outlines the current understanding about COVID-19 in children:

Osteoporosis Australia
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Throughout the coming months, people living with osteoporosis will require ongoing treatment, and it is critical patients remain fully compliant with their medication and treatment for managing osteoporosis and bone health.

Dr Linda Calabresi
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While there is little robust clinical evidence to guide the most appropriate choice and use of PPE in general practice, particularly in relation to COVID-19, knowledge about the nature of this virus can help direct efforts to prevent its spread.

Tambri Housen
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One thing many of us want to know is for how long people who have SARS-CoV-2 , the virus that causes COVID-19, are able to pass it on to someone else.

Expert/s: Tambri Housen
Dr Linda Calabresi
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There appears to be a myriad of potential treatments for our current health threat – COVID19. But just how real are these options? And which if any of these are likely to make it into our treatment regimens? A review just published online in JAMA gives us a neat summary of where we are up to in terms of treatment.