Intensive care wards in Melbourne and Sydney are caring for more than 130 critically ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care beds, with fears that figure is set to rise.

Health workers aren’t just fighting a war against the coronavirus; they are also battling a never-ending scourge of misinformation about the disease.

Today on Please Explain, health reporter Melissa Cunningham joins Bianca Hall to shed light on the intensive care wards caring for some of the country’s most critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Intensive care wards in Melbourne and Sydney are caring for more than 130 critically ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care beds, with fears that figure is set to rise.
Health workers aren&rsquo;t just fighting a war against the coronavirus;&nbsp;they are also battling a never-ending scourge of misinformation&nbsp;about the disease.
Today on Please Explain, health reporter Melissa Cunningham joins Bianca Hall to shed light on the intensive care wards caring for some of the country&rsquo;s most critically ill COVID-19 patients.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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