OzSAGE, a multi-disciplinary network of Australian experts, is today sounding the alarm on the number of daily deaths due to COVID-19 in Australia. With COVID cases still increasing and winter rapidly approaching, Australia must take protective action to prevent deaths and disability. Hospitalisations remain high, with over 3,000 people admitted nationwide. This has resulted in […]
OzSAGE’s advice regarding Brisbane Independent School’s ventilation-filtration system
Key Points Using OzSAGE principles and a consultative process, a ventilation and filtration system was designed and proposed. Air flow was modelled within each room to create optimal ventilation settings and identify locations for HEPA filters. This has, thus far, kept the school a low-transmission environment. The benefits extend beyond COVID to other respiratory illnesses […]
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Press Conference- Floods and COVID-19 Mar. 7th
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Floods and COVID-19
Floods and COVID-19: OzSAGE urges governments to act immediately to prevent further illness and death. The floods in Northern NSW and Queensland are a public health catastrophe which will worsen the ongoing transmission of COVID-19 and increase the numbers of people with severe illness while the local health systems are already compromised by flooding and […]
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Open Letter: We Must Continue to Protect All Australians
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Australia, Federal Health Minister, State and Territory Premiers and Health Ministers, Chief Medical and Health Officers of the Federal, State and Territory Governments and the Members of the AHPPC, the CDNA and ICEG.