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Jamie SeidelContributor

After evolving a digital heart (not the pacemaker kind) out of inky veins, Jamie just wants an excuse to learn something new. But he’s fully aware his 32 years’ experience in the news industry has given him just enough knowledge to be dangerous. International affairs. History. Defence. Science. Space. Technology. He has a fascination for them all – particularly when it comes to social fallout. Translating tough concepts into common terms is his craft. His passion is to explore the big picture encompassing world events.

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TOPSHOT - A medical worker prepares to check the temperature of an AFP photojournalist before a COVID-19 coronavirus test in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 16, 2020. - China has largely brought the coronavirus under control within its borders since the outbreak first emerged in the city of Wuhan late last year. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

‘Virus is going to come back and bite’

Experts have found COVID-19 could come back in full force every year, meaning it could be 2025 before lockdowns are lifted for good.

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A Brazilian soldier in protective gear wipes his mask with a sponge during a media presentation of the military's preparations to fight against the new coronavirus, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Asymptomatic people infecting Aussies

There is a new wave of people, almost impossible to detect, who are evading coronavirus containment methods and spreading the disease.

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Just how infectious is coronavirus?

In the face of an ever-changing pandemic, medical scientists are racing to find out as much as they can about the deadly coronavirus.

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TOPSHOT - Laboratory workers bag a biological sample at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing centre in al-Khawaneej district of the gulf emirate of Dubai on April 9, 2020. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)

Singapore’s ‘second wave’ warning

Singapore has been hailed as a guiding light for COVID-19 control – but now the virus is leaking through the city-state’s defences.

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Global Coronavirus

TOPSHOT - Female soldiers wearing face masks amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic stand in formation during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to a military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on April 9, 2020. - Taiwan currently has just 375 confirmed Covid-19 patients and five deaths despite its close proximity and trade links with China where the pandemic began, but the island and its 23 million inhabitants remain locked out of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international bodies after Beijing ramped up its campaign to diplomatically isolate Taiwan and pressure it economically and militarily. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)

China’s devious move under cover of virus

While the world’s attention is focused on the devastating coronavirus crisis, China is executing an aggressive plan to seize control of a key region.

Coronavirus closures

Surfers at Tamarama were seen climbing over fences to go for a surf despite the beach being closed due to the COVID-19 virus. Picture: David Swift.

Aussie lockdown could outlast others

Places like Italy and New York could be out of lockdown long before Australia, thanks to one unfortunate side effect of our current virus trajectory.

Global Coronavirus

TOPSHOT - Passengers wear hazmat suit as they arrive at the Wuhan Wuchang Railway Station in Wuhan, to leave the city in China's central Hubei province early on April 8, 2020. - Thousands of Chinese travellers flocked to catch trains leaving coronavirus-ravaged Wuhan early April 8, as authorities lifted a more than two-month ban on outbound travel from the city where the global pandemic first emerged. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP)

Leaked report proves fatal virus error

In early November, US spies noticed a series of “red flags” appearing over the city of Wuhan in China – but their warnings fell on deaf ears.

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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 06: A woman cleans on 34th street on April 6, 2020 in New York City. The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. is approaching 10,000. Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

City where virus death toll is ‘exploding’

The city that never sleeps has always held a special place in our dreams, but the daily reality in Manhattan has become the stuff of nightmares.

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In this Wednesday, April 1, 2020 photo, Joy Engel holds her son at her home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Engel, who is pregnant, and her husband, Dr. Ben Hagopian, who works at a family practice and an urgent care clinic, decided to isolate themselves from each since the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Grim reality of how long we’ll stay at home

The month of March felt like an eternity. But the outlook of how long we will actually spend in our homes this year comes down to one big factor.

WUHAN, CHINA - MARCH 30: (CHINA OUT) People wearing face masks line up to enter Wuhan international plaza on March 30, 2020 in Hubei Province, China. Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus (COVID-19) first emerged last year, will lift the lockdown on April 8, local media reported. (Photo by Getty Images)

Virus lie that duped the world

China has been applauded globally for containing the coronavirus outbreak within 60 days. But has it really been contained?

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