CompaniesHealthcare & FitnessCoronavirus pandemicPrint articleAnalysisMelbourne's health leaders fight their own backyard outbreakThe storied medical researchers who designed the national COVID-19 response find themselves battling the virus in their own suburbs.Tom BurtonGovernment editorJul 1, 2020 – 12.01amSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginHaving 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.Loading...Tom Burton was government editor at The Australian Financial Review.SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreCoronavirus pandemicPublic serviceMelbournePeter DohertyCSL LimitedAnalysisLatest In Healthcare & fitnessFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In CompaniesThe Australian Financial Review MagazineAFR Magazine celebrates The Art of MovementLauren Sams‘We don’t want to die wondering’: Jo Horgan on Mecca’s biggest bet yetThis Brisbane restaurant deserves a Michelin starBOSS Financial ReviewWhy Grant Hackett enjoys being a CEO more than winning Olympic goldSally Patten and Lap PhanThis CEO thought he was healthy. Then he went for a checkHow the Macquarie CEO played a role in setting me up to lead MagellanLife & LeisureWho are the people in your neighbourhood? Amazon knowsJohn DavidsonWhy the world needs the democracy sausageHow horse riding gives this Sydney business leader his edgeRich ListWhy cashing out won’t be easy for Australia’s gambling billionairesPrimrose RiordanSpotlight’s new Anaconda will teach shoppers to fishPortelli hits fast lane on mooted LMCT+ sale, MacCap takes the wheel
