E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 updates; travel bans; GREG HUNT: Joined by the Chief Medical Officer (inaudible) update on coronavirus globally, nationally, and additional responses. At the global level, the number of cases has now exceeded 88,000; that’s diagnosed. Obviously, we recognise that is the formal number, and that in parts of the world…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Government strengthens support for melanoma patients, coronavirus situation update. GREG HUNT: Thank you everybody for joining us here at Frankston Hospital. It’s a hospital I know very well. Not only have many members of my family been treated here, but my mother was a nurse here, my parents met here and…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Coronavirus threat, travel bans ALLISON LANGDON: With Australia recording its first fatality from coronavirus and more cases confirmed every day, the threat of an outbreak appears more imminent than ever. KARL STEFANOVIC: So what is Australia doing to prepare? For more, we’re joined by Health Minister Greg Hunt. Minister, good…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: COAG Health Council; Coronavirus update; More contraceptive choice for Australian women. NATASHA FYLES: Natasha Fyles, Northern Territory Health Minister and chair of COAG. We’ve had a very cognitive and constructive meeting this morning. The key agenda items have of course been the coronavirus and the Federal Minister and (inaudible) an…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Coronavirus updates. GREG HUNT: Figures of the current numbers of which we are aware are 80,410 diagnoses – although we do expect newer figures as the afternoon progresses from China – and sadly, 2707 reported and confirmed deaths from the coronavirus. In particular, we know that new cases have been…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Coronavirus updates. GREG HUNT: Number of confirmed cases is now at 78,973 on the latest information I have from the National Incidence Centre just prior to coming to this briefing. And sadly, the number of lives lost is 2,466 globally to the coronavirus, although those figures will inevitably be updated…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Coronavirus; Diamond Princess Evacuation; Howard Springs Temporary Quarantine Facility NATASHA FYLES: So we presently have AUSMAT staff who are on the ground in Japan and we also have other members of the AUSMAT team that are in the air and will be in Japan later today, preparing to bring these Australian…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Coronavirus; Potential for another evacuation; DAVID KOCH: Now the Government is still working on a plan to evacuate Aussies on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan. The infectious disease expert has travelled to Yokohama where the cruise ship is docked to assess the situation. It’s expected the…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Coronavirus; Plans for another evacuation; EDDIE MCGUIRE: In the meantime, the Minister for Health is Greg Hunt, the Federal Minister and he joins us now on the line as well. Good morning Greg. GREG HUNT: Good morning Eddie. EDDIE MCGUIRE: Greg, tell us, Vera’s(*) been asking us questions, was…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Update on Coronavirus and latest figures; Christmas Island; GREG HUNT: To give a brief overview at the global level, as expected, the number of confirmed cases globally has increased. The figure is now 44,754 cases. And sadly, the number of those who have lost their lives has increased by almost…
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