GPs face years of coronavirus fallout, warns Professor Michael Kidd
'Long COVID' and preventable deaths are among the future challenge for doctors, says Australia's acting chief medical officer
Acting Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd has warned GPs that they will be challenged by COVID-19 for years to come.
Professor Kidd sounded the warning bell while addressing the AMA virtual National Conference last week.
Here are four key challenges he foreshadowed:
1. Significant community transmission of COVID-19 once international borders open: “What we don’t yet know is what rate of infection – and everything that flows from that – the Australian population will tolerate,” Professor Kidd said.
