From a Swiss doctor who s worked in Australia for over 10 year. Saying what most people know except for politicians.
YET AGAIN DO NOT WAIT FOR ADVICE FROM OUR BUMBLING LEADERSHIP DO WHAT'S RIGHT NOW.
Do not put any more strain on our countries medical personnel who are a going to go through hell in the oncoming weeks months years.
Across the border from Europe's coronavirus hotspot, a Swiss doctor looked at his Italian neighbours and decided to prepare for the likely spread of the virus throughout his region.
He has also monitored the situation of his wife's country, Australia, and his verdict is stern.
Measures to stop the spread of the virus are too late and Australia must hurry to increase hospital capacity to treat COVID-19 patients, says the chief medical officer for Ticino, Switzerland, a region that borders Lombardia, Italy's most affected region.
"The containment measures did not come in early enough, you heard new measures every day but you still had cruise ships coming in with people that are positive and disembarked," Paolo Ferrari told AAP.
"One person can infect 3500 people within five days and each one of those 3500 can infect as many other people. So what you see now is just a tip of the iceberg of how far in the community the virus has spread."
Having worked in Australia from 2003 to 2017, Professor Ferrari received the Order of Australia for his contribution to kidney transplantation.
Under his advice, Ticino grew its intensive care capacity ten days before it even had one positive case, turning different locations into coronavirus-dedicated hospitals.
The region currently has about 300 cases and is expected to peak in two weeks time.
He argued these facilities were similar to war hospitals and urged Australia to do the same within days.