Opening Session

Bangkok Time

               

14:00     Greetings

              Jenny Visser

              Chair, APTHS Webinar; President, APTHS

              New Zealand

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              Session I

 

              Chairs: Colleen Lau, Australia, Levina Pakasi, Indonesia

 

14:05     Controlling COVID without a lockdown (and without vaccines).

              Successes and Failures

              Sarah Borwein, Hong Kong - SAR, China

 

14:20     Controlling COVID only by vaccine; experience and impact of rapid vaccine                    coverage

              Eyal Leshem, Israel

 

14:35     Discussion

 

14:45     Short break

 

           Session II

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               Chairs: Karin Leder, Australia, Eli Schwartz, Israel

 

14:55     Unexpected/hidden consequences of lockdowns

              Mike Starr, Australia

 

​15:10     High volume low mortality; Fact or fiction?

              Venkatasubramanian Ramasubramanian, India

 

​15:25     Is progressive elimination and eradication the optimal response to Covid-19?

              Michael Baker, New Zealand

 

​15:40     Discussion

               

 16:00    Closing comments

              Jenny Visser

              Chair, APTHS Webinar; President, APTHS

              New Zealand