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Victoria is the envy of the world today, but the race isn't over
Charting the pandemic: Latest data shows Australia's progress towards suppression
On August 5th, Melbourne (a city of ~ 5 million) recorded 533 new cases in one day. We went into a strict lockdown that included a night curfew, closure of all non essential shops, and only being allowed out for 1 hour a day and then only for exercise, food shopping, and a few other essential reasons.
That lockdown went for 112 days.
During this time the tracking and tracing fiasco which was a major contributor to the second wave has been fixed.
Yesterday, Melbourne recorded 0 cases off 15000 tests. Today, Melbourne recorded 0 cases off 15000 tests. Tomorrow the lockdown ends, and we moved into a staged reopening which includes me going to the pub tomorrow evening for a beer.
We join the rest of Australia which since about May has recorded < 10 community cases across the rest of the country on a daily basis (with many states at 0), with the ability to go about our professional and private lives in a pretty close to "normal" environment which has no sustained community transmission of the virus, in the knowledge that the post lock down process now in place will keep it that way, just as it has in the rest of Australia for the last 5 months.
Good luck Wales, Ireland, and anywhere else following this path. Know there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
Charting the pandemic: Latest data shows Australia's progress towards suppression
On August 5th, Melbourne (a city of ~ 5 million) recorded 533 new cases in one day. We went into a strict lockdown that included a night curfew, closure of all non essential shops, and only being allowed out for 1 hour a day and then only for exercise, food shopping, and a few other essential reasons.
That lockdown went for 112 days.
During this time the tracking and tracing fiasco which was a major contributor to the second wave has been fixed.
Yesterday, Melbourne recorded 0 cases off 15000 tests. Today, Melbourne recorded 0 cases off 15000 tests. Tomorrow the lockdown ends, and we moved into a staged reopening which includes me going to the pub tomorrow evening for a beer.
We join the rest of Australia which since about May has recorded < 10 community cases across the rest of the country on a daily basis (with many states at 0), with the ability to go about our professional and private lives in a pretty close to "normal" environment which has no sustained community transmission of the virus, in the knowledge that the post lock down process now in place will keep it that way, just as it has in the rest of Australia for the last 5 months.
Good luck Wales, Ireland, and anywhere else following this path. Know there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
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