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Victoria trials new coronavirus contact tracing model that doubles number of close contacts – ABC News
Victoria’s Health Department takes a tough new approach to contact tracing that broadens out close contacts of an outbreak to three degrees of separation in a b…
Victoria has begun the “evolution” of its contact tracing regime, casting the net wider and instructing more people with a connection to a positive case to get tested and self-isolate.
Key points:
- The health department said more than 230 people were in isolation in Kilmore, including close contacts and their close contacts
- Premier Daniel Andrews said the new approach may not be used in every outbreak in future
- Epidemiologist Adrian Esterman says expanding close contacts…
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