Health
How Queensland stared down a pandemic and ‘smashed the curve’ – Brisbane Times
Queensland’s management of the pandemic has, by national and international standards, been outstanding.
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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