E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 update; flattening the curve; planning the ‘road out’; Australia’s healthcare workers. DEBORAH KNIGHT: Minister, thanks so much for joining us. Now, you pointed specifically to Easter as a crucial weekend for the country to get on top of coronavirus. How did we go? GREG HUNT: Australians were travelling about…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 testing; Coronavirus in Singapore; Research funding announcement CARRIE BICKMORE: For the very latest, we’re catching up with Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Minister, new cases are down which is great news, but is there a chance that there might be a whole lot of people in the community who…
E&OE… Topics: Donating blood; COVID-10 updates; Coronavirus research and treatment funding announcement; APPRISE funding; Vaccinations; Current treatments; Superannuation, Social distancing restrictions; Outbreak in North Tasmania; Mental health of return travellers; ICU survival rates. GREG HUNT: Cross Lifeblood, obviously one of the great blood supply institutions in the world, and it sits behind so…
The Australian Government will provide a further $3 million to support frontline health workers with training and information which will support the treatment of patients with coronavirus. $1 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) will transform the treatment and management of patients with severe coronavirus, delivering better patient outcomes. The CovED…
E&OE… Topics: Coronavirus update; flattening the curve; international flights; hydroxychloroquine; Beyond Blue 24/7 Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service ALAN JONES The Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt is on the line. He’s done a phenomenal job throughout. I’ve got to say to listeners out there who most probably don’t know this bloke, a…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 update; Masks announcement; Telehealth; Aged Care workers online training; support for healthcare workers; Softening restrictions; Modelling; off-label hydroxychloroquine; School closures; Herd Immunity. GREG HUNT: Today is about focussing on the health care of Australians beyond just the coronavirus, and supporting our healthcare workers. In particular, supporting our healthcare workers…
The Australian Government is urging all people with chronic health conditions to not neglect their regular health care and to continue to see their general practitioner or specialist about the management of their conditions. While COVID-19 is rightly front and centre in all our minds, it’s vitally important people with existing chronic health conditions continue…
A new 24/7 support service specifically designed to help people through the COVID-19 pandemic is now available free of charge to all Australians. The Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service has been developed by Beyond Blue to address the growing mental health impact of the pandemic, including fear about the virus, financial stress, family stress,…
The Australian Government is investing $5 million via the Medical Research Future Fund in nine research projects to investigate the physiological and mental health effects of the recent bushfires on Australians and their communities. The devastating bushfire events have warranted concerns about the medium-term health impacts of exposure to ash and smoke haze, reduced…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 modelling; Easter holidays; community transmission MICHAEL USHER: For more on the modelling and our social restrictions we’re joined by the Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, in Canberra. GREG HUNT: Good evening. MICHAEL USHER: Greg, thanks so much for joining The Latest again. Now, first up, a few short…