Australia dodges worst-case coronavirus scenario
Without social distancing, ICUs would have been overwhelmed with up to 35,000 patients, shows modelling revealed with the Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy
Australia’s intensive care units have been saved from being overwhelmed with up to 35,000 coronavirus patient a day, thanks to the strict social distancing measures.
The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne modelled the scenarios for federal and state leaders at the start of the crisis.
