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Be Burns Aware!

With cooler nights approaching Tasmanians are likely to be firing up their heaters. All hot objects can cause burns and heaters are...

Pandemic Health Messaging: What Do We Know? 4

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Pandemic Health Messaging: What Do We Know?

We’ve known about pandemic health messaging since 1918. So when it comes to coronavirus, what has Australia learnt? Australia’s coronavirus public health...

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Public Health: Urgent Alert

Media release – Dr Mark Veitch, Director of Public Health, Public Health Services,1 April 2020 Coronavirus alert Public Health Services have contacted...

Baggage Handler Boondoggle: How Did They Get It? 8

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Baggage Handler Boondoggle: How Did They Get It?

It has been reported this morning that the coronavirus cluster linked to Qantas baggage handlers at Adelaide Airport continues to grow. So, how likely...

'Pandemic Drone' in Development to Detect People with Coronavirus 10

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‘Pandemic Drone’ in Development to Detect People with Coronavirus

A ‘pandemic drone’ to remotely monitor and detect people with infectious respiratory conditions is being developed by the University of South Australia...

Can’t Sleep and Feeling Anxious about Coronavirus? You’re Not Alone

Can’t sleep and feeling anxious about coronavirus? You’re not alone This is a confusing and, frankly, scary time for a lot of...

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Prisons Problem Looms

Tasmania is facing a prisons problem as the risk of coronavirus grows. In Iran, authorities released tens of thousands of prisoners in...

Can I or Can't I? Doctors Advise on How To Do Social Distancing Properly 15

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Can I or Can’t I? Doctors Advise on How To Do Social Distancing Properly

State-by-state: how Australia’s new coronavirus rules will affect you A suite of new measures aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus...

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AMA Wants ‘Medi-Hotel’ Quarantine

The Australian Medical Association says Tasmania needs access to ‘medi-Hotel’ quarantine isolation to support all patients who are infectious with COVID-19 but...