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COVID-19 testing | Photo: courtesy of The Conversation

We asked multicultural communities how best to communicate COVID-19 advice. Here’s...

By Abby Wild, Monash University; Breanne Kunstler, Monash University; Denise Goodwin, Monash University, and Helen Skouteris, Monash University As COVID-19 cases began spreading across many...
Politics + Society
5
minutes
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Which face mask should I wear?

By Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, UNSW UPDATE: The Victorian government announced on July 19 that face masks will be mandatory for residents in metropolitan Melbourne and...
COVID-19
5
minutes
Coronavirus | Image by Shutterstock

Is the airborne route a major source of coronavirus transmission?

By Hassan Vally, La Trobe University As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, one question that keeps coming up is whether COVID-19...
COVID-19
4
minutes
Wearing a mask | Photo by Gustavo Fring from Pexels

Victorians, and anyone else at risk, should now be wearing face...

By C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Kerryn Phelps, Western Sydney University; Lisa Maher, UNSW, and Shovon Bhattacharjee, UNSW After early success in suppressing COVID-19, we are...
COVID-19
5
minutes
NSW-Victoria border | Wikimedia Commons

Here’s how the Victoria-NSW border closure will work – and how...

By Andrew Burridge, Macquarie University Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the border between his state and NSW will close after 11:59pm on Tuesday to...
Politics + Society
5
minutes

Nine Melbourne tower blocks put into ‘hard lockdown’ – what does...

By Philip Russo, Monash University The Victorian government’s decision to “close and contain” nine public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne represents a significant...
COVID-19
3
minutes