COVID-19
Alternative labels
Coronavirus disease 2019
Novel coronavirus pneumonia
2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease
Briefing paper
The Grim Reaper? Coronavirus and the elderly in Australia and the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world brings more than illness, death and economic chaos; it brings existential and ethical dilemmas about how to provide care for the elderly who are most at risk of contracting the virus and who are dying as a consequence. This brief provides a look at how the United States and...
Briefing paper
Coronavirus COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea
This briefing paper examines two previous epidemics in PNG and then describes the population and the movements of people who will carry the COVID-19 virus with them, to suggest how this epidemic will develop.
Briefing paper
Policy memo: Commercial tenancy intervention for COVID19 resilience
Prosper Australia has prepared this policy brief to present a solution as to how state governments can provide relief and certainty to businesses, while allowing landlords to participate in economic resilience measures.
Position paper
Policy action to protect people with disability and COVID-19
Providing a range of recommendations, this paper asserts the urgent need for the disability and health sectors to develop a coordinated response that protects the health of over 4 million Australians with disability during COVID-19.
Briefing paper
COVID-19 and conflict: seven trends to watch
The COVID-19 pandemic unquestionably presents an era-defining challenge to public health and the global economy. Its political consequences, both short- and long-term, are less well understood.