The Victorian coronavirus epidemic is 'definitely moving in the right way' according to the Australian National University’s Professor Peter Collignon.
The Victorian coronavirus epidemic is "definitely moving in the right way" according to the Australian National University’s Professor Peter Collignon. "I think we'll keep on seeing decreasing numbers and continually a drop in this epidemic curve," Professor Collignon told Sky News host Chris Kenny. "You've got to really look at five or seven day moving averages,".
Professor Collignon said "it's probably been going down for at least ten days, and perhaps even two weeks". "Which implies that it may have been the level three restrictions that had most of the effect," he said. "Not necessarily the most recent one, but I guess we can try and dissect that out later".
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