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Virus emergency blueprint: Australia pulls trigger on pandemic plan
By Kate Aubusson and Melissa Cunningham
Updated February 26, 2020 — 11.56amfirst published at 12.15am
The Australian government has activated its emergency response plan to an impending coronavirus pandemic, foreshadowing fever clinics, fast-tracked vaccines and severe pressure on hospitals, blood banks, medical supplies and mortuaries.
Dubbed "The COVID-19 plan", the blueprint outlines a strategy in the event of a large-scale coronavirus outbreak as world leaders and biosecurity experts warn a pandemic is almost inevitable.
The document flags a "precautionary approach", emergency pandemic legislation, and provisions for the Prime Minister to assume prime responsibility for efforts to contain the disease...
Virus emergency blueprint: Australia pulls trigger on pandemic plan
By Kate Aubusson and Melissa Cunningham
Updated February 26, 2020 — 11.56amfirst published at 12.15am
The Australian government has activated its emergency response plan to an impending coronavirus pandemic, foreshadowing fever clinics, fast-tracked vaccines and severe pressure on hospitals, blood banks, medical supplies and mortuaries.
Dubbed "The COVID-19 plan", the blueprint outlines a strategy in the event of a large-scale coronavirus outbreak as world leaders and biosecurity experts warn a pandemic is almost inevitable.
The document flags a "precautionary approach", emergency pandemic legislation, and provisions for the Prime Minister to assume prime responsibility for efforts to contain the disease...