Health
Sydney versus Melbourne: what the experts say about the COVID numbers comparison – Sydney Morning Herald
They’ve recorded almost identical infection numbers in the past fortnight, but the comparison between NSW and Victoria is not like-for-like.
So why do disease experts think Melbourne remains under lockdown while Sydney is open for business?
While the two states’ numbers might look similar on the surface, some epidemiologists who spoke to The Age said if you examined the figures closely, there was a difference.
For starters, 55 of NSW’s cases in the past 14 days were acquired overseas.
Those infected are in hotel quarantine, which in NSW at least, has successfully stopped infected overseas travellers spreading the virus into the co…
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