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Melbourne's health leaders fight their own backyard outbreak

The storied medical researchers who designed the national COVID-19 response find themselves battling the virus in their own suburbs.

Tom Burton
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Having framed the successful national health response to COVID-19, Melbourne's famed medical leadership finds itself fighting a viral outbreak in its own suburban backyard.

When news of the new coronavirus emerged from China in early January, it was the Doherty Institute's Royal Melbourne hospital research labs that first copied the virus for the world.

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Tom Burton has held senior editorial and publishing roles with The Mandarin, The Sydney Morning Herald and as Canberra bureau chief for The Australian Financial Review. He has won three Walkley awards. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.burton@afr.com
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