Coronavirus: 14,000 dead if we followed UK mortality rate: Brendan Murphy

Adrian Rollins
Updated May 26 2020 - 6:18pm, first published 6:00pm
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Around 14,000 Australians would have died from COVID-19 by now if the country's mortality rate matched that occurring in the United Kingdom, according to Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy.

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Adrian Rollins

Adrian Rollins

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Adrian Rollins is economics correspondent for the Canberra Times

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