from Leela John
SNIPPETS from THE HEALTH EXPERTS
 
A Webinar hosted fortnightly by the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Australia.
This extract is from the webinar on 28th July at 11.30 am .Chair of ATAGI was also part of the panel.
 
Covid-19 Info is constantly being updated. These webinars keep the health professionals up to date and help to educate their cohort of patients to assess their individual risk of contracting COVID
 
  • Australia had 11,300 deaths since the declaration of the pandemic.
  • Of note 9000 has been since 1st Jan 2022.
  • HOSPITALISATION – 5300 as reported on 28/7/22.
Health authorities anxiously awaiting the peak. There was an announcement by the Health Minister, on 6/8/22 that we may hit the peak but it is cautious optimism as the school holidays may have probably contributed to some decline in transmission. We will be able to find this out in the days to come .
 
NB.
Lifesaving Antiviral Medication –easily available. Please talk to your GP for further info .
 
Those aged 60 years and above travelling overseas
can avail themselves of a private script for antiviral medication.
 
Precautions against Covid 19 infection
 
Practice the Covid safety rules, well known to all of us
 
  • Hand washing
  • Social distancing
  • Masks
  • Vaccines
  • Ventilation
Most importantly : you are safer with ventilated rooms – People have started using the carbon dioxide monitor .Lower carbon dioxide levels is an indication of good ventilation.
 
Research is being carried out to check the effectiveness/accuracy of RAT (Rapid Antigen Test)  with subvariants of OMICRON.