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The Deputy Chief Medical Officer assures Australians the nation's hospitals are 'well and truly ready' to cope with coronavirus.

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer assures Australians the nation's hospitals are "well and truly ready" to cope with coronavirus.

Professor Paul Kelly said the heathcare system is very fexible, and intensive care capacity has doubled. The median age of patients is 48-years old, the eldest 98, and the youngest a baby. A third of infections were locally-acquired, the majority having made clear contact with a confirmed case. Image: AP

 

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I sincerely hope they are because I’m sure that’s what we all thought in Europe and the UK

Yes his spin is now we can cope what about 2 weeks,I am immunity compromised, waiting heart surgery,64yr old may get sick in 2 weeks? Any mention MORE respirators etc.?Or trust School b open cause kids safe & not spreaders bull,don't trust Slow Mo's apprentice spinner & Gvt lacky

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