The factory floor is frantic inside Australia's only medical mask manufacturing company."We were making about maybe 2 million masks a year and all of a sudden now we're potentially looking at, with added machines, making as much as 50 million masks a year," Med-Con CEO Steve Csiszar told 7.30.Before the coronavirus outbreak his small business supplied about 5 per cent of the Australian market from its factory in Shepparton in Victoria."Our staffing is approximately 17 people but with what's happened now it's been a total upheaval," Mr Csiszar said."We're hiring people by the day, machines...…The factory floor is frantic inside Australia's only medical mask manufacturing company."We were making about maybe 2 million masks a year and all of a sudden now we're potentially looking at, with added machines, making as much as 50 million masks a year," Med-Con CEO Steve Csiszar told 7.30.Before the coronavirus outbreak his small business supplied about 5 per cent of the Australian market from its factory in Shepparton in Victoria."Our staffing is approximately 17 people but with what's happened now it's been a total upheaval," Mr Csiszar said."We're hiring people by the day, machines...WW…

ShareSome security guards were hired to work at Melbourne's COVID-19 quarantine hotels through WhatsApp messages, in a process so murky that some didn't even know who they were actually working for.Shayla Shakshi was one of the guards who received a WhatsApp message offering her work as a quarantine security guard in a Melbourne hotel."They actually contacted me and they're like, 'Would you like to work at this place?" she told 7.30."And I'm like, I don't know what you guys are, what company, nothing."I just got told that you need to be here at a certain time and you're going to dress in a...…ShareSome security guards were hired to work at Melbourne's COVID-19 quarantine hotels through WhatsApp messages, in a process so murky that some didn't even know who they were actually working for.Shayla Shakshi was one of the guards who received a WhatsApp message offering her work as a quarantine security guard in a Melbourne hotel."They actually contacted me and they're like, 'Would you like to work at this place?" she told 7.30."And I'm like, I don't know what you guys are, what company, nothing."I just got told that you need to be here at a certain time and you're going to dress in a...WW…

ShareHealth professionals are incensed by dramatic price increases for face masks and other protective equipment by one of Australia's largest medical supply companies.Pharmacist Linda Nguyen is a loyal customer of Livingstone International, which manufactures and supplies a large range of medical equipment to hospitals, aged care centres, pathology labs and government departments across Australia.She says the company's prices for face masks have soared since the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed panic buying in Australia."When we had some quotes from the company back in January a box of the N95...…ShareHealth professionals are incensed by dramatic price increases for face masks and other protective equipment by one of Australia's largest medical supply companies.Pharmacist Linda Nguyen is a loyal customer of Livingstone International, which manufactures and supplies a large range of medical equipment to hospitals, aged care centres, pathology labs and government departments across Australia.She says the company's prices for face masks have soared since the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed panic buying in Australia."When we had some quotes from the company back in January a box of the N95...WW…

ShareThe Australian chapter of an international church that peddles bleach as a cure for coronavirus is selling the product locally.The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing claims chlorine dioxide is a "miracle cure".It sells the industrial bleach as Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS), stating it can cure COVID-19 as well as autism, acne, cancer, diabetes and more.MMS is not approved for human consumption in Australia or the United States.Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration warned that MMS poses a serious health risk if consumed and should be labelled with the word "poison".The US...…ShareThe Australian chapter of an international church that peddles bleach as a cure for coronavirus is selling the product locally.The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing claims chlorine dioxide is a "miracle cure".It sells the industrial bleach as Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS), stating it can cure COVID-19 as well as autism, acne, cancer, diabetes and more.MMS is not approved for human consumption in Australia or the United States.Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration warned that MMS poses a serious health risk if consumed and should be labelled with the word "poison".The US...WW…

ShareAn East Timor veteran suffering long-term health issues after taking part in a controversial drug trial is horrified that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is once again trialling on its personnel, this time for COVID-19.Wayne Karakyriacos said he feels betrayed by Defence for pushing ahead with a new clinical trial when he and other veterans are still struggling mentally and physically from past trials."Twenty years I've been suffering with an acquired brain injury," he told 7.30."Still to this day, I haven't been contacted by Defence or anyone from the department to follow up to see...…ShareAn East Timor veteran suffering long-term health issues after taking part in a controversial drug trial is horrified that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is once again trialling on its personnel, this time for COVID-19.Wayne Karakyriacos said he feels betrayed by Defence for pushing ahead with a new clinical trial when he and other veterans are still struggling mentally and physically from past trials."Twenty years I've been suffering with an acquired brain injury," he told 7.30."Still to this day, I haven't been contacted by Defence or anyone from the department to follow up to see...WW…