On the podcast this week Vishnugar Arunasalam, a nurse from Western Sydney LHD, joins host Conor Burke to discuss the role pop up drive-through testing sites play in the battle against COVID-19. NursingReview · Episode 22 || Vishnugar Arunasalam, pop ...
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SA nurse tests positive for COVID-19 after stint working as part of Vic aged care response
A senior nurse who recently returned from coronavirus-hit Victoria has become South Australia's latest positive case, as the state mulls a "soft border" with Queensland. The woman, among a group of nurses sent to Victoria to assist in the embattled ...
More »Should COVID-positive aged care residents be transferred to hospital?
Aged care providers are equipped to deal with the flu and gastro, not unprecedented worldwide pandemics. That’s why Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) chief executive Patricia Sparrow believes all residents who test positive for COVID-19 should be transferred to ...
More »Aged care death rate among highest in the world, government had no plan for sector, royal commission told
The aged care royal commission has heard evidence that the government had no COVID-19 plan for the aged care sector, leading to one of the highest aged care death rates in the world. In his opening remarks on Monday, counsel ...
More »NSW nurses must wear masks as Vic hospital staff contract virus
Hospital staff across NSW will now have to wear masks if they are within the social distancing marker of 1.5 metres under new directives announced by the state government on Friday. As the Victoria crisis rages, and NSW COVID-19 numbers ...
More »Experts call out activewear company’s anti-virus claims
Clothing company Lorna Jane has been fined $40,000 for claiming it sold "anti-virus activewear". The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) last week issued three infringement notices totalling $39,960 to the Brisbane clothing company for alleged unlawful advertising in relation to COVID-19. ...
More »Two major drug breakthroughs could be ‘game changers’ in the fight against COVID-19
A breakthrough has been made in the race to find a coronavirus vaccine as a new drug developed by academics from the university of Oxford is shown to induce an immune response, prompting the UK government to order 100 million ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast episode 15: Should we pursue an elimination strategy?
With the recent outbreak of COVID-19 forcing Melbourne back into lockdown for six weeks and parts of NSW on high alert, is it time to ask: were we too quick to open up again? Our neighbours New Zealand this week ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast – episode 13
Have you ever experienced COVID-rage? That is, anger brought on by social distancing or the lack thereof. Like when you go to the shop or a cafe and people seem to have totally forgotten about social distancing and stand right ...
More »Worldwide COVID-19 numbers hit 10 million with at least 500,000 dead, Melbourne sees spike in cases
Sunday saw a grim milestone reached as global cases of COVID-19 hit 10 million according to data from Johns Hopkins University. This comes as the WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns the end is not in sight and numbers in ...
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