Australia has many coronavirus vaccine questions. But experts say the answers on safety, effectiveness and rollout will come in time

The numbers don’t lie, the adage goes.

And in regards to COVID-19 in Australia right now, that is undoubtedly the case.

Just one case of COVID-19 was reported in the community this week — a worker in a quarantine hotel in Sydney who tested positive on Thursday.

And on Friday, NSW authorities confirmed no new cases of COVID-19 in the state.

The numbers meant New South Wales this week relaxed its restrictions, the Queensland hard border became a memory and even Western Australia — the most cautious state in the country — announced plans to open up to the rest of Australia.

Yet the numbers tell a different story in the Northern Hemisphere.

In the UK on Wednesday — the day the British Government announced emergency approval of the…