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5 tips for ventilation to reduce COVID risk at home and work

15 Dec 2020

Open windows and doors, use fans, and set your aircon to pull fresh air from outside.

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Low levels of infection in Sydney during the first COVID-19 wave: antibody study

11 Nov 2020

Only a small proportion of Sydney’s population were infected by SARS-CoV-2 earlier this year, a new report co-led by UNSW’s Kirby Institute says.

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Do cloth masks work? Only if you machine wash them after use, researchers say

09 Oct 2020

A new publication from researchers at UNSW Sydney recommends daily washing of cloth masks to reduce the likelihood of contamination and transmission of viruses like SARS-CoV-2.

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Pasteurisation inactivates COVID-19 virus in human milk: new research

11 Aug 2020

A new study has confirmed what researchers already suspected to be the case: heat inactivates SARS-CoV-2 in human milk.

Stuart Turville in the Kirby Institute’s Glendonbrook laboratories

Behind the scenes at the Kirby Institute's COVID-19 lab

06 May 2020

At a high-security lab at UNSW Sydney, scientists are working around the clock to develop treatments and therapies to manage COVID-19. Here’s what their days look like.

Alberto Ospina Stella in the Kirby Institute’s PC3 containment lab

'Moving as fast as we physically can': scientists unite in fight against COVID-19

29 Apr 2020

Investigating the virus’ lifespan, creating safe virus lookalikes, and studying immunotherapy solutions are just some of the collaborative research projects happening in a high-level containment lab at UNSW Medicine’s Kirby Institute.