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Giving pharmacists the power to diagnose and treat a wider range of conditions is not the answer to health shortages in regional Queensland, doctors say.

Mandatory hotel quarantine should apply to UK given spike in Indian variant - UCC expert Applying mandatory hotel quarantine as a temporary and precautionary measure would prevent nasty outbreak of Covid among the young and unvaccinated population in Ireland, says professor of public health People queuing for Covid vaccinations at the ESSA academy in Bolton as the Indian coronavirus variant spread in the UK. Picture: PA Tue, 18 May, 2021 - 12:59 Maresa Fagan The UK should be included on the re...

Health by Janelle Miles Premium Content   Doctors are warning Queenslanders to expect delays in non-urgent elective surgery amid a worldwide shortage of sterilisation wrap, used to keep medical instruments free of infection. Australian Medical Association Queensland president Chris Perry yesterday called on the Palaszczuk Government to invest in developing a local manufacturing solution to the problem. The sterilisation wrap, brand name Kimguard, is produ...

Cork professor: We can get Covid to zero if we extend lockdown Professor Ivan Perry, Dean of Public Health at University College Cork, who is a member of the Zero Covid Island group has said that Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s comments to The Echo regarding a zero Covid strategy being a “permanent lockdown” were a misinterpretation of the approach to curbing the virus. Roisin Burke andSarah O’Dwyer ZERO Covid could be achieved in Ireland in three months if we continue the lockdown, a UCC e...