Ideally everyone could get tested frequently for the coronavirus. No state is close to achieving this, but some are doing better than others. What are the challenges in meeting demand for testing?
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While Canada has done well compared to countries like the U.S. and the U.K. in containing COVID-19, rates of infection and deaths are higher than in many similar western democracies. Why?
Too many people are going out with COVID-19 symptoms or while awaiting a test result, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has said, after the state hit a bleak new record of 484 new cases.
There’s more to the numbers than what you see on TV.
For the vast majority of people, no — you don’t need a referral to get tested at dedicated public COVID-19 testing clinic. It’s different if you plan to get tested at a private pathology clinic.
If you’ve got a test but haven’t heard back, it’s possible the delay is caused by test samples needing to be taken to interstate labs and the huge scale of testing underway.
Our new modelling shows the risk of an infectious person slipping through New Zealand’s border undetected is very low — likely to happen only once over the next 18 months.
Melbourne isn’t the only place suffering under a second lockdown. It’s happening across the world as the virus surges in countries that were initially successful in flattening the curve.
My international research project was put on hold – so I volunteered to become a COVID-19 tester. Here’s what I learned.
Effective national leadership and trust in government appear to be prerequisites for countries to achieve widespread digital contact tracing.
Victoria has recorded its largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases. It might be time to return to a statewide lockdown.
Saliva testing is less sensitive than a nasal swab. But in the midst of a public health crisis, in some cases a test with slightly reduced sensitivity may be better than no test at all.
Multiple failures to properly enforce border quarantine measures should never have happened, given the strength of New Zealand’s emergency laws.
There’s now a 95% chance COVID-19 has been eliminated in NZ, according to our modelling. But as NZ prepares to remove limits on large gatherings, it increases the risk of a very large new outbreak.
Australia is performing better than many other countries with comparable populations and geographies, a new COVID-19 data visualisation reveals.
Vietnam is one of the poorest nations in Asia, yet it has had remarkably few Covid-19 cases. In part, the country’s limited resources led to a cautious, proactive approach.
Testing for coronavirus has been a fiasco in the US. But now companies are developing super fast tests, including ones that might eventually be as simple as at home pregnancy tests.
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is currently detected using invasive nasal swabs. But the virus is also present in saliva, potentially paving the way for cheaper, safer tests that people could do at home.
Test, trace, maintain social distance, and keep travel bans and quarantines in place. These measures will help Australia keep the coronavirus in check as we gradually emerge from lockdown hibernation.
Symptoms like loss of smell and taste are powerful predictors of COVID-19 infections.
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Associate professor, University of Canterbury
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Adjunct professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
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Research Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance; Scientific Co-Director, Bridge Research Consortium, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor of Health Services Management, Policy and History, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Research scientist in mathematical modelling, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
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Professor Emerita, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University
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Associate Professor and Psychologist in Pediatric Pain, University of Calgary
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Research scientist, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research