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COVID-19 update and the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine – Dr Ian Marr

Guest posting from Dr Ian Marr –MBBS FRACP FRCPA Infectious Disease Physician and Microbiologist This is a recent lecture provided under the auspices of PRIDA to Samoan physicians and students.   Samoa COVID Marr July 2021 Please add questions to Dr … Continue reading

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COVID19 – PRIDA Course sessions: Overview, IPC, Diagnosis, Outbreak response

8/4/20 Presenters: Drs Nikki Townell  – Coronavirus overview ; John Ferguson – Infection control COVID19 Coronavirus 1 – PRIDA Townell 8Apr2020 COVID-19 IC update Ferguson 8Apr20 PRIDA Session recording (slides and audio) :- https://zoom.us/rec/play/68Upd7v5_Wo3HIGTswSDVvctW43pK_is23JM8voLyk2zUiYFN1KnbrMXYedM39uvnf_8SjO770Fzlpnv?autoplay=true&startTime=1586318062000 8/4/20 Journal Club: Townell  Paper discussed: … Continue reading

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Coronovirus – realistic optimism from Chinese experience – Dr Bruce Aylward, WHO

Dr Bruce Aylward also was on an Australian webinar on 6/3/20 – recording here. 2 March 20:30 GMT — Transmission details emerge from WHO China analysisCOVID China has mounted “perhaps the most ambitious, agile and aggressive disease containment effort in … Continue reading

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