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Boost your COVID-19 awareness with online infection control training. It’s quick to do and costs nothing. Find out how a whole team of day care educators used it to bump up their knowledge and confidence to manage their COVID-19 health policies.
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Healthy relationships and safe sex – that was the message this National Condom Day marked on 14 February. It’s also a good reminder there’s no shame in asking for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) check.
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Read the transcript of Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's press conference on 17 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Read the transcript of Therapeutic Goods Administration Adj. Professor John Skerritt's interview on Sunrise on 17 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Read the transcript of Therapeutic Goods Administration Adj. Professor John Skerritt's interview on The Today Show on 17 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Read the transcript of Therapeutic Goods Administration Adj. Professor John Skerritt's interview on ABC 7:30 on 17 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19)
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The Australian Government Chief Medical Officer has removed Greater Melbourne from its listing as a Commonwealth hotspot today.
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The Australian Government Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly, declared the Greater Melbourne area a COVID-19 hotspot for the purposes of Commonwealth support from 11:59pm on 12 February 2021.
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use in Australia.
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Read the transcript of Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd's interview on The Today Show on 16 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Read the transcript of Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd's interview on News Breakfast on 16 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Read the transcript of Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd's interview on Sunrise on 16 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Read the transcript of Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd's interview on Radio National Breakfast on 16 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19).
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More than 142,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have arrived at Sydney airport in a major milestone in Australia’s response to the pandemic. Read more about how the vaccines will be rolled out.
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You can provide comments through public webinars that will be held between 16 February 2021 and 30 March 2021.
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A statement from Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly about the three-day Auckland lockdown.
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Read the transcript of Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's press conference on 13 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19).
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The Australian Government Chief Medical Officer has declared the Greater Melbourne area a COVID-19 hotspot for the purposes of Commonwealth support.
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The Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly, has today declared Greater Melbourne a COVID-19 hotspot.
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The Australian Government is providing $7 million through the Medical Research Future Fund for research into neurofibromatosis.
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Clinicians, academics and consumers are invited to express their interest in participating in the MBS ECG Review Committee, which will review changes to MBS ECG items introduced on 1 August 2020 following implementation of recommendations from the MBS Review Taskforce.
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Read the transcript of Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's press conference on 11 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19).
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New information about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to residential aged care facilities is now available.
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Read the transcript of Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's press conference on 9 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Read the transcript of Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Professor Alison McMillan's interview on ABC Melbourne on 8 February 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19).
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