A leading immunologist has suggested coronavirus-free areas outside cities could soon be allowed out of lockdown, meaning these 135 areas could return to normal first.
“If the new infection rate did get into single figures it would be highly unlikely there would be many community transmissions.
“The last of the restrictions to be lifted will be the first ones put in place: football matches and concerts, where contact tracing would be impossible.The Australian reported that Queensland’s northern region is largely coronavirus-free and the Torres Strait and Cape York communities with their more vulnerable indigenous communities have zero cases to date.
Esperance is one of 76 local government areas in Western Australia reporting no coronavirus cases. Picture: Mark FitzIn NSW, towns like Forbes, Gilgandra, Bourke, Junee, Leeton, Kyogle and Bourke are free of the virus.
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