How Queensland stared down a pandemic and ‘smashed the curve’ – Brisbane Times

She advised that anyone who travelled to Wuhan for Chinese New Year and came back unwell should see a doctor and isolate themselves.
That advice came one day after the World Health Organisation confirmed there had been human-to-human spread.
Queenslands first case came days later, on January 28, and the next day Dr Young became the first health officer in Australia to declare a public health emergency.
In the weeks that followed the first few confirmed cases, hospitals braced for more than 50,000…

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