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Australia state border closures: Closing due to a single case feels like ‘security theatre’ – Traveller
‘Victoria records zero new COVID-19 cases.’ It was that headline that really got to me.
Borders closing and opening, quarantine and self-isolation due to a single case: Why should domestic travel be this hard? Photo: Getty Images
“Victoria records zero new COVID-19 cases.”
It was the headline on The Age website which finally got to me. As I read it on my phone I was sitting on a plastic garden chair in a draughty tent outside the Royal Adelaide Hospital, on an unseasonably cold day for a South Australian summer. Rain was falling and a sharp wind was infiltrating the tent, while I waited…
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