‘I had to look up where Wuhan was’ says CMO Professor Paul Kelly
Australia will soon mark 1000 days since it recorded its first COVID-19 case - and experts reflect on the life-altering crisis of the pandemic era
When COVID-19 hit Australia, the country’s top health bureaucrats were bracing for something big — but even they were yet to grasp the enormity of the looming crisis.
It was 25 January 2020 — the day before Australia Day — when authorities confirmed the country’s first case, a man from Wuhan in China’s Hubei province who flew into Melbourne.
