Research from employment website Seek has found WA and SA look to have experienced the smallest falls in job vacancies, while NSW and Victorian job seekers appear to be the worst-hit in the pandemic, but the availability of work may have started to turn the corner.
It comes as the Australian Bureau of Statistics prepares to release its official unemployment estimate for April.
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Fears of missed diagnoses amid COVID-19 pandemic
As restrictions continue to ease, there are fears not only about a second wave of the virus, but a flood of delayed illnesses that would have otherwise been diagnosed.
Australian Medical Association President Tony Bartone told ABC News Breakfast, it's likely the health sector will see "a lot of delayed presentation through illnesses and other health conditions that haven't been managed".
"That haven't presented for their usual care, or indeed haven't been diagnosed in the first place leading to further complications and obviously the need for increased intervention, increased management and increased therapy, and obviously delayed outcomes in that space putting our patients at risk.
"We know that during this time people have put off going to the doctor, put off dealing with a concern or a niggle or an unexpected or new developing pain or a new developing spot on their arm, saying, "The doctors are too busy with COVID", or, "We don't want to risk the chance of picking up a COVID infection".
"In fact, there's probably never been a safer, more appropriate time to go to the doctors, to see your medical practitioner, whatever the case may be."
By Bridget Judd
'HIV has not gone away, but we've come to terms with the virus'
The World Health Organisation has warned against any attempts to predict the end of COVID-19, saying the virus may never go away.
The global health body is urging countries to continue working on measures to deal with the virus's presence in society, pointing to the fact that an effective COVID-19 vaccine may not ever be developed.
The WHO's top emergencies expert Mike Ryan says it is important to remain realistic, but says no one can predict when the disease will disappear.
"To put this on the table, this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities and this virus may never go away.
"HIV has not gone away but we've come to terms with the virus."
By Bridget Judd
North West Regional Hospital open for business
The hospital at the centre of Tasmania's coronavirus outbreak will be back to full operations today, but the state's health union says some staff remain concerned.
After a month of cleaning and recommissioning, the North West Regional Hospital in Burnie is open for business.
The hospital was closed four weeks ago, after many staff and patients contracted COVID-19 — almost 150 Tasmanian cases have now been linked to the outbreak.
Reporting by Manika Champ.
By Bridget Judd
Church fined $150k for advertising bleach as a coronavirus treatment
The Australian chapter of an international church selling and promoting bleach as a cure for COVID-19 has been issued infringement notices totalling $151,200.
The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing has been claiming chlorine dioxide is a "miracle cure".
For years it has sold the industrial bleach as Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS), stating it can cure things like autism, acne, cancer, diabetes and now COVID-19.
MMS is not approved for human consumption in Australia.
By Bridget Judd
'Predominantly a disease that affects men'
An Australian study into seriously ill COVID-19 patients has found men are twice as likely to be admitted to intensive care than women.
It also found COVID-19 patients with chronic heart disease, obesity and diabetes are much more likely to be admitted.
The study, led by Monash University, used data collected from 76 ICUs across the country.
Alfred Hospital intensive care specialist, Professor Andrew Udy, says the data gives insight into the type of care and medical intervention needed by the country's sickest COVID-19 patients.
"It tends to be an older demographic — so two-thirds of the patients are over 60. Predominantly a disease that affects men.
"Probably the most common comorbidities tend to be related to cardiovascular or respiratory disease and two-thirds of these patients are going on to need invasive organ support."
By Bridget Judd
No new cases of coronavirus recorded in Tasmania
It's the sixth consecutive day of no new cases.
There are now just 25 active cases of coronavirus in Tasmania, with 23 of those in the state's north-west, one in the north, and one in the south.
Health authorities are still encouraging anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms to be tested as a precaution, with close to 20,000 tests conducted in the state.
More than 180 Tasmanians have since recovered from the illness.
By Bridget Judd
Australian job market may have reached bottom of curve
Job vacancy data from a major Australian job seeker website suggests availability of work may be starting to turn the corner.
The Seek data shows that job ads were down almost two-thirds in April year-on-year.
Western Australia and South Australia have experienced the smallest falls, while New South Wales and Victorian job seekers appear to have been worst hit in the pandemic.
But Seek says the Australian job market may have reached the bottom of the curve, with unreleased early May data showing a marginal improvement in job listings.
One of the latest estimates is that almost one million people have lost their jobs in the crisis, and official unemployment statistics for April will be released later today.
Unemployment rose slightly last month to 5.2 per cent, but the data covers a period before the global pandemic was declared, and before restrictions were imposed in Australia.
Today’s figures are the first measurement of the unemployment rate since then.
Reporting by Casey Briggs.
By Bridget Judd
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