Dr Priscilla Robinson The Code Update is a weekly snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing efforts by nations around the … More
Category: Coronavirus
Two Ruby Princess passengers on living with ‘long COVID’
Henry Karpik (left) and Don Jones Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Henry Karpik was blunt. “I was supposed to be dead,” … More
The CODE Update – 08 September
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Another interesting week, with an overall drop once again in both … More
Are bottle shops using Twitter to encourage drinking during COVID-19?
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA The impacts of COVID-19 on our lives have been all encompassing. There have been varying … More
The CODE Update – 01 Sept
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here This week in our many Covid-lands: Worldwide, there have been very … More
PHAA President ‘honoured’ to be leading western NSW COVID-19 crisis team
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA A team of public health experts from five states and territories is currently on … More
The CODE Update – 25 August
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here A generally quieter week this week, except for the Western Pacific … More
PHAA member urges caution on compulsory COVID-19 vaccination
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Australia has passed another important milestone in its ever-accelerating vaccination rollout, administering more than 16 … More
Vaccine Hesitancy: Should We Be Worried?
Veronica Martinez Harris and Michelle I Jongenelis – PHAA members Never has there been a more important time in … More
The CODE Update – 18 August
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here There are some interesting patterns to note this week. As happens about … More
Indigenous communities go digital to spread COVID-19 vaccination message
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA One of the greatest success stories since COVID-19’s arrival in Australia in January last year … More
The CODE Update – 11 August
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Well the milestone that the press completely ignored this week was the … More
‘Invest in public health – it pays extraordinary dividends’, PHAA tells NSW COVID-19 inquiry
Terry Slevin – PHAA CEO I’ll be the first to admit I agreed to participate in yesterday’s inquiry into … More
Study shows restrictions on the unvaccinated won’t necessarily deliver COVID-19 vaccination success
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Today marks Day 171 of Australia’s vaccination rollout. It hasn’t been plain sailing, but as … More
The CODE Update – 04 August
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Welcome to August CODE update #1 everybody. First, a reminder that this main … More
The role of community pharmacies in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Australia’s vaccination numbers are rapidly on the rise and the latest official numbers show 11,593,766 … More
The CODE Update – 28 July
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Hello again, and here is the global COVID news, and mostly it’s a … More
Is Delta defeating us? Here’s why the variant makes contact tracing so much harder
C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW The Greater … More
Emergency COVID response mentoring program in Victoria judged a success
Malcolm Baalman – Public Health Association Australia An evaluation released in the past week highlights the success of last year’s … More
UK trial shows ‘mix and match’ COVID vaccine combinations deliver outstanding results
Jeremy Lasek, PHAA Background While the eyes of the world have been on England this week as it became … More
The CODE Update – 21 July
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here Well here we are again, lockdown #5 for us in Victoria, but release … More
Stan Grant nails his COVID message, why now need not be the winter of our discontent
Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO So much has been written and said about the COVID-19 pandemic, much of it bordering on … More
The CODE Update – 15 July
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet here There is not a lot of good world news this week, including what’s … More
Immunisation in the COVID pandemic era – conference to dissect our biggest global challenge
The COVID-19 pandemic – the worst global public health emergency in a century – has changed the way we live. … More
Chief Health Officers Forum – Preventive Health Conference 2021
Chief Health Officers back calls for a more sustainable public health workforce Before the arrival of COVID-19, Australia’s Chief Health … More
CODE Update – 19 May
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet data For people new to this spreadsheet, the 55 countries on the main Global … More
CODE Update – 13 May
Priscilla Robinson View the latest spreadsheet data It is interesting sending a few weeks away from looking at these international … More
Australia’s national COVID-19 vaccination strategy is reasonable and fair
Dr Tarun Weeramanthri, President, Public Health Association of Australia Vaccination is a key element of Australia’s COVID-19 strategy for 2021. … More
COVID-19 healthcare response in NSW: a success story
Australian Public Health Conference 2020 Introduction: It’s being dubbed Australia’s coronavirus success story – open borders, open businesses, slow infection … More
The pressure cooker environment – preventing the next pandemic
Andrea Britton Australian Public Health Conference 2020 One Health SIG webinar: The pressure cooker environment – preventing the next … More