Australian Doctor News

Australians to be evacuated as coronavirus fears grow

29th January 2020
The Federal Government will evacuate and quarantine ‘vulnerable’ Australians stranded in the epicentre of the novel…
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6Minutes News

Warning each coronavirus patient infects 2-3 others

28th January 2020
Each patient infected with coronavirus passes the illness to between two and three other people, on average, at current…
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Coronavirus
Pharmacy News

CMO asks pharmacists to help contain coronavirus

28th January 2020
Australia’s CMO is enlisting the help of community pharmacists to contain the novel coronavirus. In advice shared through…
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Coronavirus
Australian Doctor News

Coronavirus outbreak sparks plea for GP clinics to be sent P2 masks

28th January 2020
The RACGP is calling on the Federal Government to dispense emergency medical stockpiles of P2 masks to general practices…
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Dr Harry Nespolon
6Minutes News

Aussies in sprint to develop coronavirus vaccine

24th January 2020
University of Queensland researchers are working around the clock as they race to develop a coronavirus vaccine. The…
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Medical Observer Opinion

The shadow of SARS: China learnt the hard way how to handle an epidemic

24th January 2020
The emergence of a new virus in central China has brought back painful memories of another virulent respiratory disease that…
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Australian Doctor News

Coronavirus 'likely came from live snakes'

23rd January 2020
Snakes may have given humans the novel coronavirus behind a pneumonia outbreak that began in a live animal market in the…
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