While Victoria slipped into utter chaos, NSW successfully beat a looming second wave of coronavirus infections - but restrictions will stay. Via CharisChang2
Average daily change in 14-day cumulative case numbers for NSW. This saw the state's rolling average in the 'amber zone' between July 18-20 and the 'red zone' between July 21 to August 23. It went from red to amber between August 24 and September 3. It has remained in the "green" safe zone since September 16. Source: Professor Mary-Louise McLawsNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian also indicated on Tuesday she was in no rush to wind back restrictions.
“However, they were never in the green zone like NSW so they also need to evaluate what happened and why, to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”Prof McLaws believes every state and territory government needs to come to an agreement on the number of cases that would trigger a response.The state did not introduce a lockdown until July 1 but cases had already entered the red zone on June 18, two weeks earlier.
“I think every state and territory, particularly NSW and Victoria, need to learn not to wait until they are in the red zone before implementing outbreak strategies.” The ringfencing of hotspot suburbs in Victoria was also not strict enough, Ms McLaws said, because people were allowed to enter and leave the locked down areas.“You’ve got to do it properly and you’ve got to ringfence hard.”
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