Vol 215, Issue 5: 30 August 2021. The winners of the MJA/MDA National Prize for Excellence in Medical Research has been awarded to the team at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity for their world-class study -- Isolation and rapid sharing of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) from the first patient diagnosed with COVID‐19 in Australia, which can be found at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/212/10/isolation-and-rapid-sharing-2019-novel-coronavirus-sars-cov-2-first-patient ... Dr Mike Catton, Dr Julian Druce and Dr Leon Caly talk with MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell about the research and impact it's had around the world. 27mins, 34 secs.
