Dr Lowry, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Microbial Diagnostics and Characterisation Group, is currently researching the types of respiratory viruses that have circulated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australia’s response to the COVID pandemic has been a spectacular success, but has come at significant economic and broader health costs. To avoid another surge in case numbers, it is crucial that we plan for the coming months as we head into 2021.
Physical distancing measures during the first COVID-19 outbreak led to the closure of libraries, theatres, gyms, cafes and community centres across Australia. Such places are particularly crucial for retirees.
Contrary to what might have been expected, working from home was one part of the pandemic response that went remarkably smoothly. Most kinds of office work continued almost as if nothing had changed.
Australia’s response to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is rightly considered one of the world’s best. At their best, our federal and state politicians have put aside the sterile games dominating politics for decades. (The Conversation)
Government responses to COVID-19 in Australia have received, by and large, bipartisan support. An exception, it seems, is the imposition of restrictions on interstate movement.
How leaders can maintain employee trust during the current COVID-19 crises, drawing lessons from her research on organisations that successfully preserved trust during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC).
