Delta’s impact on Australian children becomes clearer COVID is spreading more easily in schools and childcare, but most children infected during Sydney’s outbreak have had mild or no symptoms.
More than 10m jabs given in general practice With Australia’s two largest cities resigned to vaccinating their way out of lockdown, GPs have underlined their importance to the rollout.
Leaving GPs out of aged care vaccination a ‘decision-making error’ As four aged care facilities go into lockdown amid Victoria’s latest COVID outbreak, GPs say risks to residents and staff could have been diminished – or even avoided entirely.
Lockdowns to be ‘part of the Australian way of life’ until everyone is vaccinated Greater Brisbane’s three-day snap lockdown has added further pressure to overstretched general practices already navigating a backlog of health concerns and the COVID vaccine rollout.
GP-backed helpline offers support to CALD people under strain Lockdowns cut COVID transmission – but for some, the measures led to new hardships. Here’s how a GP clinic made a difference.
Victoria, Queensland and NSW are managing outbreaks in their own ways But all are world-standard, according to epidemiologist Associate Professor Hassan Vally.
Melbourne public housing lockdown breached human rights: Ombudsman The snap decision to completely lockdown nine public housing towers reportedly caused ‘palpable’ distress among residents.
July–September 2020: The pandemic winter and spring With harsh lockdowns and massive spikes in coronavirus cases, millions of Australians were experiencing especially difficult times – while the RACGP experienced its own terrible loss.
Beer intake did not increase during lockdown Research shows the beverage, disproportionately associated with risky drinking behaviour, was not consumed more at home despite venue closures.
Isolation led to loss of function for people with dementia: Report And those functions are unlikely to be restored.