Opinion: Australia is one of only a handful of countries that have managed to suppress COVID-19. Being in a fortunate position has also meant the ongoing gravity of the pandemic has not registered for many Australians
The Victorian government has done a phenomenal job in taking testing to affected suburbs and making it accessible. Testing is an essential part of the response, as it identifies new infections.
The Victorian government implemented local, targeted lockdowns in affected suburbs this week. Localised lockdowns with vastly expanded testing worked in South Korea in March when the country faced a surge in infections. Two weeks quarantine is to make sure infection doesn’t manifest during the average incubation period. Over 95 per cent of people will get infected within two weeks of exposure, but a few take longer. Others still, who become asymptomatically infected during quarantine, may exit and spread the disease in the community if they are not tested routinely.There may even be low levels of community transmission in NSW not yet detected.
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