Federal government shifts gears on elective surgery with gradual restart from next Monday
The federal government has lowered its restrictions on elective surgery as part of its ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a gradual restart of selected procedures from 27 April. Public and private hospitals will operate one-in-four closed operating lists, with the advising Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) recommending that select Category Two and […]
US nurses honour colleagues who lost their lives to COVID-19 in a protest at the White House
Nurses from around the US gathered outside the White House on Tuesday in honour of the nurses who died of COVID-19 and to demand mass production of personal protective equipment. National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of nurses in the country, organised the protest to call attention to the thousands of health care workers […]