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Understanding COVID-19 podcast

Understanding COVID-19 podcast

03 April 2020 Podcast

Respiratory

With so much information about COVID-19 being communicated, it can be hard to know fact from fiction. In our latest podcast episode, St John of God Subiaco Hospital Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr Astrid Arellano answers common questions about the virus.

In our latest podcast episode, St John of God Subiaco Hospital Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr Astrid Arellano answers common questions about the virus.

Listen to this podcast to understand the importance of social distancing, how you can protect yourself and your loved ones, and why wearing a mask in public isn’t as beneficial as you would think.

Dr Astrid Arellano - Infectious Diseases Specialist

St John of God Subiaco Hospital

Dr Arellano is Director of Perth Infectious Diseases and has 13 years of consultant experience. She sees private patients in her rooms in Subiaco. She also consults on private inpatients at St John of God Subiaco Hospital.

Originally from Chile, she studied Medicine at the University of Adelaide and underwent advanced training in infectious diseases and microbiology in Perth.

In addition to a busy private practice, Dr Arellano is an adjunct senior lecturer at Notre Dame University and a trainee supervisor of the Royal Australiasian College of Physicians.

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