on the pandemic, press conferences and our COVID future
- Written by Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
When I stepped into the role of Victoria’s deputy chief health officer in July 2020, there was a lot to learn.
But the aspect most foreign to me was working with the media.
It felt very much like preparing for an exam. In the morning, I’d receive a briefing on the current facts and figures, the issues that journalists had raised and...





