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Coronavirus, COVID-19: Risk to rural Australians and warnings not to bulk buy

Faye Wheeler
Updated March 18 2020 - 4:52pm, first published 4:05pm
GROWING FEAR: Coronavirus/flu clinics are in operation across the region, while some community members have been bulk buying grocery items amid the COVID-19 spread. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK
GROWING FEAR: Coronavirus/flu clinics are in operation across the region, while some community members have been bulk buying grocery items amid the COVID-19 spread. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

AS the coronavirus pandemic spreads its way across Australia, we talked to health experts about the risk to regional communities and why people are panic buying their groceries.

RURAL Doctors Association of Australia president Dr John Hall has urged country communities to keep calm and advised that for "most rural Australians their risk of exposure at this stage of the outbreak is very low".

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Faye Wheeler

Faye Wheeler

Journalist

I have been a journalist for more than a decade and in that time I have been keeping Daily Liberal readers up to date about issues affecting them and what's happening in their community. Throughout my career I have covered a range of rounds and most recently I have been focusing on the business round.