Professor Raina MacIntyre – The COVID-19 pandemic update
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly evolving. This update will focus on the epidemiology, pillars of public health disease control, health workers as a high-risk group, and emerging evidence around asymptomatic and aerosol transmission. The lockdown, social distancing, schools, universal face mask use and the herd immunity myth will be discussed in the context of an exit strategy. Other topics such as duration of immunity, reinfection potential and latest drug treatment data will be touched on.
Speaker
Professor Raina MacIntyre is head of the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute and NHMRC Principal Research Fellow. She has a research track record in respiratory transmissible viral infections including influenza, seasonal coronaviruses and MERS coronavirus, and control of epidemic respiratory infections, including through vaccines and face masks.
Organiser Kirby Institute
Organiser of Professor Raina MacIntyre – The COVID-19 pandemic update
The Kirby Institute is a leading global research institute dedicated to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, with a particular focus on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections. Our research is undertaken across a spectrum that ranges from laboratory studies, through clinical trials of preventative and therapeutic treatments, to public health surveillance and impact evaluation.
