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Coronavirus could disappear in Australia if NSW and Victoria maintain control over next few weeks, experts say – ABC News

Elimination has never been Australia’s COVID-19 strategy but epidemiologists now say it’s not outside the bounds of possibility, as long as NSW and Victoria maintain…

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Coronavirus could “die out” in Australia entirely if New South Wales and Victoria stay on their current trajectory of low infections, according to two leading epidemiologists.
Key points:

  • Victoria had seven days of zero COVID-19 cases this week
  • The NSW chief health officer said the virus may have been eliminated once in Sydney already
  • Data has shown that when cases climb over 40 a day, contact tracers become swamped

The two states are responsible for 90 per cent of the country’s COVID-19 cases and…

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