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Cutting COVID isolation and mask mandates will mean more damage to business and health in the long run

Image: AAP Image/Diego Fedele From Friday September 9, the isolation requirements for people with COVID and no symptoms will be cut from seven days to five days....

Monkeypox is not a global emergency for now, says WHO. 3 things we need to know next about how it’s mutating and spreading

Image: Shutterstock The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. This may change in the future. However, WHO Director-General Tedros...

From COVID control to chaos – what now for Australia? Two pathways lie before us

Image: Bianca De Marchi/AAP Australia has swung from one extreme in pandemic control to the other – having great control of COVID, to now having the...

Will Australia follow Europe into a fourth COVID wave? Boosters, vaccinating kids, ventilation and masks may help us avoid it

  Image: AP Photo/Lisa Leutner Europe is facing a fourth wave of COVID. As we watch on, it is reasonable to ask whether Australia will be...

NSW risks a second larger COVID peak by Christmas if it eases restrictions too quickly

  Picture: Joel Carrett/AAP New South Wales plans to relax restrictions when vaccination targets of 70% and 80% of those aged 16 years and over are met. The...

Eradication, elimination, suppression: let’s understand what they mean before debating Australia’s course

Picture: Daniel Pockett/AAP The current surge in community transmission of COVID-19 in Victoria has brought renewed discussion of whether Australia should maintain its current “suppression” strategy,...

As restrictions ease, here are 5 crucial ways for Australia to stay safely on top of COVID-19

Bianca de Marchi/AAP Image As Australia’s coronavirus restrictions are gradually lifted, we may well see an upswing in cases of COVID-19. The World Health Organisation has warned of...

Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?

Image: from www.shutterstock.com The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. There have been nearly 10,000 cases of the...

How contagious is the Wuhan coronavirus and can you spread it before symptoms start?

Health authorities estimate each infectious person could pass the virus onto two others. Jerome Favre/AAP Cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have increased dramatically over the past...
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