Going to a COVID-19 Testing Clinic
This booklet was developed by Centre for Population Health, Western Sydney Local Health District.
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This booklet was developed by Centre for Population Health, Western Sydney Local Health District.
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This information sheet should be read in conjunction with other ‘What you need to know’, ‘Social distancing’ content on health.gov.au and the ‘information about routine environmental cleaning and disinfection in the community’ information sheet found at www.health.gov.au/covid19-resources.
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Every activity, event, or gathering should be assessed for risk and an action plan developed incorporating the relevant key aspects detailed in this brochure. There are numerous considerations and no “one size fits all” approach will be sufficient to keep people safe and healthy. The organization’s leadership team should work together to assess the risk and develop
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The 2014 outbreak of the Ebola virus and the recent spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have renewed interest in germicidal ultraviolet (GUV) lamps for disinfection. UV radiant energy was first used for disinfecting surfaces in 1877,1,2 for water in 1910,3 and for air in 1935.4 GUV’s use in recent decades has been
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With infectious diseases transmitted through aerosols, HVAC systems can have a major effect on the transmission from the primary host to secondary hosts. Decreasing exposure of secondary hosts is an important step in curtailing the spread of infectious diseases. Designers of mechanical systems should be aware that ventilation is not capable of addressing all aspects
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus has had an enormous, as yet barely understood, impact on health and economic outlook at the global level. The identification of effective microbicide approaches is of paramount importance in order to limit further viral spread, as the virus can be transmitted via aerosol and can survive for hours
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), genus Betacoronavirus, subgenus Sarbecovirus, family Coronaviridae, is a positive-polarity single-stranded RNA virus that probably originated in bats and is the causative agent of coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19). The dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic have proven to be complex. Many challenges remain pertaining to a better understanding of
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Public officials and community leaders are managing multiple crises while also dealing with Covid fatigue. Each of these groups must recognise, and meet as best they can, the requirements of medically fragile persons with chronic medical needs and dependencies, as well as socially vulnerable groups – those with insecure access to key social determinants of
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