Health officials focused on ‘slowing’ coronavirus curve
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Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says this week will be “all about slowing the curve of the epidemic,” as the number of cases of COVID-19 in Australia rises to at least 300.
It comes as the Australian death toll rose to five, after two people in New South Wales lost their lives overnight.
Delivering an update on Monday, Mr Kelly warned while for many the virus is mild, the mortality rate in much older age groups is "quite high".
“For people in the older age groups … they are more susceptible to this disease and we are finding,” he said.
“Particularly in the much older age groups - 80 and above - that the death rate is actually quite high.
“What we're doing today, this week, and throughout our response to this epidemic in Australia, is trying to slow that curve so that we can manage those serious illnesses when and if they occur.”
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