Politics still stands in the way of Science and Covid
Long COVID should be recognised as a chronic medical condition so more Australians can access appropriate care, health experts say.
Source: Australia lags on long COVID recognition – Michael West
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View all comments Advertisement The risk of a disastrous coronavirus outbreak in Australia is now at its highest level since the pandemic began and continued escapes from quarantine can be expected at least every month. James McCaw, an epidemiologist and mathematical biologist with the University of Melbourne who is leading a research team providing modelling on the pandemic to the federal government, said it was “absolutely inevitable” that the virus would spread within Australia.
Source: Coronavirus Australia: Top epidemiologist says virus outbreak is ‘absolutely inevitable’
With new, more infectious variants of COVID-19 detected around the world, and at New Zealand’s border, the risk of further level 3 or 4 lockdowns is increased if those viruses get into the community.
Why the COVID-19 variants are so dangerous and how to stop them spreading
A new coronavirus variant has been detected in four travellers from Brazil’s Amazonas state, Japan’s Health Ministry says, the latest new mutation of the virus discovered. Studies were now underway into the efficacy of vaccines against the new variant, which differs from highly infectious variants first found in Britain and South Africa that have driven a surge in cases.
Japan finds another coronavirus variant, Health Ministry says
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