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a aa a a a a a TV by Sarah McPhee 12th Feb 2021 2:15 PM Debate on Q&A turned tense as Australias top infectious disease adviser came under fire from a top medical expert. Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah, associate director at the Monash Institute of Medical Engineering, clashed with Dr Nick Coatsworth, saying he was "wrong" for suggesting there was controversy about the aerosol transmission of coronavirus. Dr Coatsworth, who was on th...

a aa a a a a a TV by Sarah McPhee 12th Feb 2021 2:15 PM Debate on Q&A turned tense as Australias top infectious disease adviser came under fire from a top medical expert. Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah, associate director at the Monash Institute of Medical Engineering, clashed with Dr Nick Coatsworth, saying he was "wrong" for suggesting there was controversy about the aerosol transmission of coronavirus. Dr Coatsworth, who was on th...

Most Australians are likely to get the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, but one infectious diseases expert wants us “reaching for the big guns”.

Sydney must keep its growing coronavirus outbreak to less than 100 new cases a day to have any hope of containing it, experts warn. The first three days of an outbreak is vital to stopping the spread because once cases reach that threshold it is almost impossible to trace. The outbreak now sits at 28 cases over two days with tends of thousands of tests conducted, but that number could grow immensely over the weekend.  Although New South Wales health authorities have moved quickly on the northe...

Sydneys northern beaches should be quarantined from the rest of the harbour city with an enforced military-style checkpoint, an expert warns. About 270,000 northern beaches locals from the Spit Bridge to Palm Beach are effectively in a gentle lockdown for the next three days after 28 cases were linked to the area in the past 48 hours. But the stay-at-home advisory is not enough and needs to be ramped up and enforced, epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely said. Checkpoints should be set up on ...