Tag: self-isolation
Latest isolation rules for critical workers gets the balance right. But that’s not the end of the story
Image: Albert Perez/AAP
Thousands more essential workers will be allowed back to work rather than having to self-isolate for seven days, under new rules agreed by national...
Sunday essay: voices from the bush – how lockdown affects remote Indigenous communities differently
Crystal Bulumbara, Esther Bulumbara, Claire Smith
and Nell Brown. Barunga community, Northern Territory.
July 2019. Narritj, Author provided (No reuse)
What does self-isolation mean when you...
Not all doom and gloom: even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones
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Much has been written on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on negative emotions, such as rising anxiety and the loneliness of self-isolation.
But while...
‘Quiet kindness’ can bolster well-being during coronavirus pandemic
We’re best able to tailor our acts of kindness to the needs
of those around us when we see from others’ points of view....
View from The Hill: Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands
Picture: James Ross/AAP
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy was still shaking hands on Sunday morning. But when that afternoon Scott Morrison announced the latest coronavirus...
‘Cabin fever’: Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown
As the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies, we’re seeing mass isolation in virus epicentres, with about 500 million people in China “under varying degrees of quarantine”, and...