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Reducing COVID transmission by 20% could save 2,000 Australian lives this year

  • Written by: Margaret Hellard, Deputy Director (Programs), Burnet Institute

Australia’s COVID death toll is rising, yet public health measures to reduce transmission such as mask mandates are largely a thing of the past.

It’s time for governments and the community to consider what measures can be reintroduced to reduce COVID transmission and deaths, particularly during waves of infection.

Cutting COVID...

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