The DHA appears to be for medical practitioners, not the general public. It refers people to DHA's "Health Emergency" web page. This has a paragraph about swine flu and then a link to "Swine Influenza Outbreaks", which contains the equivalent of five pages of text and then links to detailed documents about the number of cases reported so far. All this material appears to be intended for officials, not the public:
The World Health Organization (WHO) has a Swine influenza - Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) but this is intended for national public health officials. The Australian Capital Territory Department of Health has a Swine Influenza page, but this refers to the DHA and WHO pages.National tally of people being tested for Swine Influenza as at 6 am,
30th April 2009
Australia
AUS Phase DELAY
Table 1: Current Australian Cases Under Investigation
0600 AEST 30/04/2009
Jurisdictions Suspect Cases Probable Confirmed ACT 1 0 0 NSW 51 0 0 Vic 24 0 0 Tas 1 0 0 Qld 27 0 0 SA 11 0 0 NT 1 0 0 WA 12 0 0 Total 128 0 0
Source: CDNA
From: Swine Influenza Update Bulletin,Department of Health and Ageing, 6am, 30 April 2009
healthdirect Australia, a joint initiative of the Australian, ACT, NSW, NT, Tasmania, SA and WA governments has a "health alert" on its home page, but this just links to DHA.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)has videos on YouTube, showing the correct way to wear a face mask.
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