THEY SAID WHAT?

“To give ourselves the best chance of beating this virus and spotting and tackling other external health threats now and in the future, we need to bring together the science and the skill into one coherent whole”

- England’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock on why the Government has broken up Public Health England to form the National Institute for Health Protection.

“This is another warning of the looming mental health crisis and the tsunami of referrals we are expecting over the coming months”

- Dr Billy Boland, chairman of the General Adult Faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, urges action after research showed the number of adults experiencing depression has almost doubled during the pandemic.

“We want to help you sort out your everyday life dramas, from relationship troubles to things going on in your lives that are making you cringe!”

- Dani Dyer on why she and father Danny have created an agony aunt podcast for Spotify.

“From being able to live among you, and then to have the good fortune to revisit your marvellous state on many occasions, I know that Victorians, like all Australians, are tenacious, and resilient, or indeed, as you might say in Australia, made of tough stuff”

- the Prince of Wales sends his best wishes to Australia amid a coronavirus resurgence.

“Our results clearly indicate that women leaders reacted more quickly and decisively in the face of potential fatalities”

- Liverpool University’s Professor Supriya Garikipati, one of the scientists behind research published by the World Economic Forum looking at whether having a woman in charge was beneficial at the start of pandemic.