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Almost 17,000 COVID-19 tests were processed in the last 24 hours. That's up from 9,000 yesterday - but still below the target of 20,000 tests each day. To discuss, @mikeamor7 spoke with  @DrMukeshH , head of the Altona North Respiratory

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There's growing hope that we're through the peak of the COVID second wave, as the number of cases continues to fall - but it's come at a tragic cost - our deadliest day so far. 19 people died in 24

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal runs a respiratory clinic in the Melbourne coronavirus hotspot of Altona North. He says he is often the sole point of contact for his patients who test positive. "When I ring the patient directly, sometimes two weeks,

  Suburban doctors say they have been sidelined in the pandemic response, with poor communication between the health bureaucracy and local GPs contributing to potentially fatal delays in containing outbreaks.  Source: The Age  https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/lost-in-transmission-gps-forgotten-in-covid-19-response-20200726-p55fky.html

Melbourne GP @DrMukeshH warns that when it comes to #COVID19 measures, we might be getting too complacent. #TheDrum. "I don't think the gravity seems to have sunk in that we are not anywhere else apart from on the on the

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, a former AMA President, has consistently called out the supply issue that has plagued GPs in the state and across the country since the start of the pandemic. The respiratory clinic set up at Dr Haikerwal’s practice