Vaccine campaign to support culturally and linguistically diverse communities
The Australian Government’s $31 million COVID-19 vaccination public information campaign started rolling out across the country. A further $1.3 million has been provided for peak...
What can you expect if you get a call from a COVID contact tracer?
By Tambri Housen, Australian National University
“Test, trace and isolate” has become the catch cry of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s recognised as an essential strategy...
Set ground rules and keep it intimate: 10 tips for hosting a COVID-safe wedding
By Philip Russo, Monash University and Brett Mitchell, University of Newcastle
Spring and summer in Australia and the gradual easing of restrictions means we can...
Melbourne is almost out of lockdown. It’s time to trust Melburnians to make their...
By Catherine Bennett, Deakin University
After days of speculation, yesterday's announcement by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was pretty much as we expected: a significant lifting...
How worried should I be about news the coronavirus survives on surfaces for up...
By Lara Herrero, Griffith University and Eugene Madzokere, Griffith University
During a typical day, we touch the surfaces of many different objects, often without noticing:...
Sorry Melbourne. The chance of reaching an average 5 COVID-19 cases by mid-October is...
By Jodie McVernon, University of Melbourne and James McCaw, University of Melbourne
Melburnians are addicted to the Victorian health department’s daily tweet of the state’s...
God, plagues and pestilence – what history can teach us about living through a...
By Robyn J. Whitaker, University of Divinity
Most of us are living through a year that is unprecedented in our lifetimes. Too young to remember...
Morrison government’s message to Daniel Andrews: ‘open faster’
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Victoria is on the right track towards opening up as it registered 13 COVID cases today, 10 cases yesterday...
Just 5 cases today, curfew lifted and COVID-19 roadmap is ‘ahead of schedule’ as...
By Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews today reported five new cases were recorded overnight, the state's lowest daily case increase since June...
This video shows just how easily COVID-19 could spread when people sing together
By C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, UNSW; Charitha de Silva, UNSW; Con Doolan, UNSW; Prateek Bahl, UNSW, and Shovon Bhattacharjee, UNSW
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