E&OE… Topics: Elective surgery; IVF; Easing of restrictions; WHO funding MELISSA DOYLE Minister, thank you so much for making the time today. I want to ask you how likely it is that elective surgery including IVF will resume next week? GREG HUNT: Elective surgery is being considered by the National Cabinet next week, and I…
E&OE… Topics: Tasmanian outbreak; Testing; Coronavirus origins; WHO; TRACY GRIMSHAW: Minister, thank you for your time. I want to start by talking to you about this outbreak in Tasmania. There are some conflicting stories coming out. First, the Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said there’d be an illegal dinner party attended by healthcare workers, then…
E&OE… Topics: Loosening social restrictions; Social distancing rules; Mental health; LISA WILKINSON: Well, Health Minister Greg Hunt is in charge of finding that balance. Minister, to make this all work would you consider relaxing some of the more confusing restrictions in order to keep us all united in flattening this curve? GREG HUNT: So it…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 testing; planning the easing of restrictions; contact tracing app; elective surgery; Personal Protective Equipment DAVID KOCH: For more, we’re joined by Health Minister, Greg Hunt. Minister, thanks for your time again this morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning. DAVID KOCH: Look, we have one of the most rigorous coronavirus testing systems in the…
E&OE… Topics: $3.3 million for mobile testing in rural and Indigenous communities; schools; flattening the curve; face masks; mental health impacts of COVID-19 PETER STEFANOVIC: Well, joining us now is the Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt – Minister, good morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. So first of all,…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 update; flattening the curve; outbreak in north-west Tasmania; wet markets; social distancing restrictions; Job Seeker & Job Keeper packages LISA MILLAR: Let’s get more and bring in the Federal Health Minister, Greg blunt- Hunt, from his electorate on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Minister, good morning. I said blunt…
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…