Departmental
Departmental media releases
This section of the website contains Departmental media releases from October 2004 to December 2004.
Date: 30/12/2004
Title: Australians should not travel to flood affected areas: CMO
Description:
Australians are advised not to travel to tsunami affected areas in Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia due to the serious risk of communicable diseases, the Australian Government’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor John Horvath, said today.
Date: 30/12/2004
Title: Media update re: Australian health teams deployment to Asian flood areas
Description:
At 10.15 am Thursday 30 December 2004 two Australian health teams are leaving on a Qantas flight to assist the recovery effort in flood stricken areas of Asia.
Date: 29/12/2004
Title: Australian health teams deployed to Asian flood areas
Description:
Two Australian medical teams are leaving from Sydney to assist victims of the floods in Asia, Australia's chief medical officer, Professor John Horvath, announced.
Date: 3/11/2004
Title: Admission From Australia's Chief Medical Officer "I Hate the Thought of Exercising–But You Feel Fantastic Once You Make the Effort"
Description:
In a frank admission today, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor John Horvath, said he often hates the thought of doing exercise, but he persists because he feels so much better once he has made the effort.
Date: 23/10/2004
Title: Statement From the Australian Chief Medical Officer Professor John Horvath AO - Polio Vaccine Response
Description:
Any Australian who may have been exposed to contaminated injectable Salk vaccine for polio between 1955 and 1963 should be reassured that there is no evidence of increased risk of cancer.
