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Australia’s peak rural medical organisations have welcomed an announcement by the Prime Minister that most elective surgery in public and private hospitals will be suspended, as the nation’s health sector increases its preparedness for COVID-19. All elective surgery, other than category 1 and urgent category 2 cases, will be suspended from midnight tonight.