Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Description
since the first reported case of COVID-19 shook up Australia, leaders across the country have faced the challenge of keeping local communities safe.
When so many states have struggled, it's impressive to note that Australia's third largest region - the Northern Territory - managed to get through 2020 with no deaths and the lowest caseloads in the country.
But keeping local communities safe hasn’t been without its challenges. Against a unique backdrop made up of a chorus of frogs and wet/dry seasons, public health expert Angela Sheedy has been on the pandemic frontline.
Sheedy’s been hard at work to protect the Northern Territory, with its sparse population of less than a quarter of a million people.