Video: A warm response as Cuban doctors arrive in Spain
Taxi drivers show their appreciation as the contingent of 52 Cuban doctors make their way way though the airport in Madrid. Cuban doctor are now…
Health
At last Morrison goes a little in the right direction
Contributed by Joe Montero It’s a start. The Morrison government has at last made some positive moves, on a scale that might have some effect….
Pandemic demands the mobilisation of society
Contributed by Joe Montero Recent days have seen the beginnings of real leadership in the response to the Covid-19 epidemic. Not from the Australian government,…
Stop US marines coming to Australia and increasing virus threat
International flights into Australia have been stopped and people coming in by ship quarantined because of the risk of bringing in the Covid-19 infection. But…
Scott Morrison’s forced step up is still not enough to combat the pandemic breakout
Contributed by Joe Montero Last night’s address to the nation by Scott Morrison was an extraordinary effort to convince the nation that matters relating to…
China leads in fighting Covid-19 and sends equipment and doctors to Italy and Spain
Contributed From New South Wales It amazes me how some people are so blinkered with political prejudice. Even while facing the Covid-19 threat, they can’t…
Video: Unions go for paid Covid-19 leave for permanent and casual workers
The Australian Council of trade Unions (ACTU) is leading the union movement in pursuing two weeks leave paid by employers, arguing that it is their…
Video: Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro praises Cuba and China for help with Covid- 19
This is part of the 10 March report to doctors on the pandemic threat and Venezuela’s response. this was the nation’s Doctors Day. Venezuela has…
Covid-19 calls for a full-on response and not half-measures and political games
Contributed by Joe Montero There is no doubt that the breakout of the Covid-19 virus has been manipulated for the purpose of deliberately panicking populations…
Australian unions COVID19 statement
The following statement (11 March 2020) has been released by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) in response to COVID-19. It supports substantial action…
