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Coronavirus Australia: Is COVID-19 elimination possible? – Sydney Morning Herald
Australia’s politicians and top scientists are split over whether we should go all in on a hard elimination plan while Melbourne shuts down. If it works, life could (almost) go back to normal. But what are the risks?
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In March, the first major wave of COVID-19 was hitting hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. Up until then, the two nations had been largely in lockstep as they struggled to flatten a climbing curve of caseloads. But, by the end of the month, they would splinter down very different paths.
Australia stuck with the original plan: rolling out tougher restrictions on gatherings and movement to suppress the spread of the virus from person to pe…
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