COVID-19 updates from the Dean

Professor Shitij Kapur reflects on the recent restriction changes and continues to share some updates from home.

Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View now on ABC Podcast, 'Big Ideas with Paul Barclay'.

Professor Shitij Kapur congratulates MDHS students graduating this week and continues to share some updates from home.

Professor Shitij Kapur continues to share some updates from home, this time featuring a special message from Head of the Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Professor Linda Denehy, who shares some tips for looking after ourselves during the pandemic.

Why is Melbourne back in lockdown when it looked like Australia had succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19? And what's the way out?

Professor Shitij Kapur continues to share some updates from home, including a special message from each of our Heads of School on what gives them hope during the pandemic.

Professor Shitij Kapur in The Australian, 2 July 2020 – Australian universities are in an envious position. Seven of them are ranked in the top 100 in the world. By comparison, only one or two of our major companies ranks in the top 100.

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Australian Financial Review, 1 July 2020 – Having framed the successful national health response to COVID-19, Melbourne's famed medical leadership finds itself fighting a viral outbreak in its own suburban backyard.

Professor Shitij Kapur shares some updates in our third week of online exams and how Victoria's recent increase in cases of the virus may impact our COVIDSafe return to campus.

This COVID-19 crisis is unlikely to be an isolated event, that’s why it’s important to start planning for the next pandemic.

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Australian Financial Review, 24 June 2020 – Given what's occurred in comparable countries, Australia is unlikely to need another lockdown to keep COVID-19 under control. After a period of relative calm and optimism as restrictions were being relaxed across the nation a clutch of cases in Victoria seems to spread alarm of a “second wave.” Are we losing the battle? Could this lead to another series of large-scale lockdowns?

Professor Shitij Kapur in The Age, 22 June 2020 – Two of the experts behind Australia's COVID-19 strategy say Victoria should consider a hard lockdown of up to eight weeks or brace for continual outbreaks and last-minute changes to restrictions until a vaccine is created.

Professor Shitij Kapur shares some updates as phase 2 of our COVIDSafe return to campus begins.

Australia is set for its first recession in 29 years, but what are the potential long-term effects of COVID-19 on the way we work?

Professor Shitij Kapur provides an insight into this deadly virus and shares his knowledge on COVID-19.

Professor Shitij Kapur shares some updates during National Reconciliation Week.

As schools begin to reopen not just in Australia, but around the world, it’s timely to ask ourselves – are the kids alright?

Professor Shitij Kapur in The Indian Express, 15 May 2020 – The lives versus livelihood trade-off for India is not the same as that for Western nations.

Experts around the world are racing to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, but what are the challenges? And who is getting close?

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Herald Sun, 11 May 2020 – Suddenly everyone is talking about “immunity passports”. The mayor of Paris wants them, the British health secretary talked about them, Italy considered them and then changed its mind, and Chile, apparently, might soon be issuing them.

Professor Shitij Kapur shares some updates, including how he worked with the Go8 to create a Roadmap to Recovery for Australia.

The Go8 Roadmap to Recovery

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Herald Sun, 4 May 2020 – Having had the privilege of a career in medicine and science across five countries and in four continents, I have carefully followed the evolution of coronavirus in several countries.

From the government’s COVIDSafe tracking app to a new testing regime – what will it take to end isolation?