Kids still need to exercise

As social distancing policies come into play and schools progressively cancel sports, excursions and extra-curricular activities, the temptation to fill the void with yet-more screen time should be avoided.

Masks, no gatherings!

It’s not only doctors who are calling for more action to curb coronavirus. School children are starting their own petitions to urge their elders to protect people from the disease.

A global emergency demands a global solution

Dealing with the crisis alone incurs only deeper health and economic costs. Tackling a crisis that knows no borders demands a truly global response.

Understanding – and enforcing – self-isolation

Australia will likely hit a peak in coronavirus cases around the height of flu season, further straining our health system and increasing the likely death toll. Getting a flu vaccination in addition to other health measures will help.

Discussing coronavirus with your kids

If questions are being asked in your family, here’s a guide to help you navigate the issues around coronavirus and explain the changes it’s bringing to your children’s lives.

Learning the lessons

Australian governments at all levels should have learned a lot between the onset of the bushfire season and the first stages of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Dear Prime Minister…

An open letter signed by a growing number of Australian doctors is calling for more urgent action to ‘lock down’ Australia and prepare the health system to address the fast growing Coronavirus epidemic.

Worried yet? 5 ways to manage news consumption

Coronavirus is dominating the headlines and social media feeds, and not all the information out there is true. Relying on trusted, evidence-based sources is the best way to keep informed as the situation develops.

Cabin fever?

With more advice for people to ‘self-isolate’ themselves after travel or contact with people with symptoms, what are the psychological impacts, and consequent social impacts, we can expect?

Testing new arrivals could save more lives

It would be a tragedy if the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread because the authorities failed to give swab tests to everyone who meets the appropriate criteria.

Regional leadership and responses to the coronavirus

Greater communication and coordination between all countries is needed until the scientific community develops a vaccine to halt the spread of the new coronavirus.

The ethical challenge of Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing us to ask some very hard questions about the balance to strike between health, business and personal freedom, but will we be ready for the answers if hard decisions must be made?