These new rates of recovery show that Australia may just have a fighting chance against the deadly virus.
The day before that recovery, a full corridor ofThe latest information shows that Australia’s rate of infections are flattening.RECOVERED PATIENTS “COULD BE PUT TO GOOD USE”
"As time goes on we are going to build up more and more of these people … and these are people we could be putting to use," he said."For example, they would put [people] who were otherwise in harm's way out of harm's way." "I am calling on the government to think about this issue … we are going to get more and more of these recovered patients as the pandemic goes through the population."
Professor Ramon Shaban, Clinical Chair of Infection Prevention and Disease Control at the University of Sydney, said one's age – combined with a history of issues such as high blood pressure or diabetes – could worsen symptoms in a person who tests positive for the deadly virus.
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