LIVE: Fears tower lockdown could last longer than five days
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd has stressed people in tower blocks placed in lockdown in Melbourne on the weekend have not done anything wrong, saying the towers present a unique situation where there is a high risk of transmission.
He said he was unable to comment on the likelihood of further lockdowns as they would be a matter for the Premier, but the strategy of mass testing and contact tracing is in place to prevent that from occurring.Residents in nine public housing towers in Melbourne fear they will be in lockdown for longer than the five days originally stated by Victoria's Premier, after receiving a health department document stating the measures may be in place for a fortnight.
But the document notes that health authorities will review whether the measures are necessary once a day.A "competitive tension" between states to reopen their economies has compromised Australia's coronavirus recovery, Australian Medical Association President Tony Bartone has said.Queensland nightclubs when social distancing went right out the windowDr Bartone said measures such as hand washing, keeping distance and staying home when feeling unwell were falling out of fashion.
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