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Read the transcript of Minister Hunt, Northern Territory Health Minister, Natasha Fyles and Professor Brendan Murphy, Australian Government Chief Medical Officer speaking about novel coronavirus in Darwin on 18 February 2020.
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A link to the transcript of a press conference with the Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Health Minister and Chief Medical Officer about Australians on the Diamond Princess cruise ship and coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Read transcript of Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's update on the status of coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Read the transcript of Professor Paul Kelly's interview on Sky AM Agenda about coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Read the transcript of Professor Paul Kelly's interview on ABC News Breakfast (COVID-19).
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Read the transcript of Professor Paul Kelly's interview on ABC AM about coronavirus (COVID-19).
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A statement from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee on travel restrictions and COVID-19.
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Read the transcript of Australian Government Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy's interview on Radio National Breakfast about novel coronavirus.
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Read the transcript of Professor Paul Kelly's interview on Channel 7 Sunrise about novel coronavirus.
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Read the transcript of the press conference about novel coronavirus with Health Minister, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP and Professor Brendan Murphy, Australian Government Chief Medical Officer.
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Read the transcript of Professor Paul Kelly's interview on ABC Radio Darwin about novel coronavirus.
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Read the transcript of Australian Government Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy's press conference, where he provided an update on novel coronavirus.
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Read the transcript of Australian Government Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly's press conference where he provided an update on novel coronavirus.
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Read the transcript of The Hon. Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health, Northern Territory Health Minister, Natasha Fyles and Professor Brendan Murphy, Australian Government Chief Medical Officer speaking about novel coronavirus in Darwin on 8 February 2020.
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Statement from Australian Health Protection Principal Committee on the Community Response to novel coronavirus.
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Read the transcript of the press conference about novel coronavirus with the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health, Professor Brendan Murphy, Chief Medical Officer and Commissioner Mike Outram, Border Force.
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AHPPC provides the following advice to the Australian community following advice from the Communicable Diseases Network Australia
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Read the transcript of Professor Brendan Murphy's interview on ABC News Breakfast about novel coronavirus.
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Read the transcript of Professor Brendan Murphy's interview on the Channel 7 Sunrise program about novel coronavirus.
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Read the transcript of Professor Paul Kelly's interview on ABC radio's RN Drive program about novel coronavirus.
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Read the transcript of Professor Brendan Murphy's interview on ABC radio's AM program about novel coronavirus on 29 January 2020.
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AHPPC provides the following advice to the Australian community following advice from the Communicable Diseases Network Australia
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The Chief Medical Officer joined Minister Hunt and the Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Education, at a press conference to update the state of play with novel coronavirus in Australia.
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The Chief Medical Officer joined Minister Hunt for an announcement at the Sir Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute. The CMO and Minister Hunt also gave an update on novel coronavirus in Australia.
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Read the transcript of Professor Brendan Murphy's interview on Channel 9 Today about novel coronavirus.
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