Flying doctors on alert for looming COVID outbreak in the bush

The critical medical lifelines that sustain rural and regional Queensland are set to be tested, with rescue crews bracing for what a COVID outbreak means in the bush.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and the LifeFlight aeromedical rescue have already transported 88 suspected or confirmed COVID patients in Queensland since the pandemic began.

But with the state's border rules set to relax in December, that number could skyrocket as the pandemic reaches rural areas for the first time.

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