Covid-19 vaccines – not coming to your GP soon
31st January 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo A week ago we had a detailed look at all the different covid-19 vaccines that are coming to town soon and why we should have it when it becomes available. There was uncertainty then how mass vaccination with those vaccines will be rolledContinue Reading
Covid-19 vaccine – should I have it?
18th January 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo I am sure many of you have lots of questions about the whole vaccination roll out ranging from questions about safety, efficacy, herd immunity to elimination and “eradication”. It has been a busy 12 months but I thought I better update you onContinue Reading
SWS Covid-19 clusters – the latest from NSW Health
22nd July 2020, Dr Chee L Khoo It’s getting more and more scary. It’s getting more and more complicated. Advice and recommendations changes just about daily. Spare a thought for your family doctor. We have to keep up to date almost to the minute as to what to do ifContinue Reading
Covid-19 Clusters in SWS – back to cave again?
16/7/2020, Dr Chee L Khoo Like me, you must be sick of the whole Covid-19 thingy by now. After 3 and a half months of lock down, I thought I was done with writing anything to do with Covid-19 until we have the vaccine. Life was beginning to return toContinue Reading
Covid-19 – should I wear a face mask?
15th June 2020, Dr Chee L Khoo Yes, we were told that if you are well, wearing a non-medical mask doesn’t quite protect you from catching Covid-19. We were told that the evidence is there. When you hear from most (if not all) experts that non-medical face masks do notContinue Reading
Is the flu vaccine that important this year/
15th May 2020, Dr Chee L Khoo Please don’t ask me about the flu vaccine situation this year with the Covid-19 pandemic in the background. Totally mismanaged again by the government (from our end at least). We were first told in mid-March that it is super important to get yourContinue Reading
Covid-19 in Australia – is it over yet?
3rd May 2020 Despite a late start in our response to the pandemic, Australia’s covid-19 graph of new cases looks like it is definitely flattening. Most days over the last few weeks, the number of new cases is about 20-30 nationally at the most. Even in the most popular state,Continue Reading
You are safe at Healthfocus Family Practice
13th April 2020, Dr Chee L Khoo As the carnage of Covid-19 is felt across Australia and the rest of the world, I want to take this opportunity to update you on what we are doing at the practice to support you and your family during these challenging times. YourContinue Reading
Keeping safe during the Covid-19 pandemic
5th April 202, Dr Chee L Khoo I have been meaning to write something about Covid-19 for weeks but as you can imagine, life have been chaotic over the last few weeks in more ways than one. First, all my travel plans were completely uprooted. I was supposed to beContinue Reading
CORONAVIRUS ALERT
While the number of cases of coronavirus infection in Australia remains low, it is rapidly increasing. It is no longer confined to people returning from overseas or who have been in contact with someone known to have coronavirus. ANYONE with ANY symptoms of a flu (sore throat, runny nose, cough,Continue Reading