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Melbourne’s suburban coronavirus contact tracing teams were supposed to be running by now. So what’s the hold-up? – ABC News
Local hubs designed to react swiftly during a COVID-19 outbreak were supposed to be established in Melbourne “within weeks” — but two months after they were promised,…
In early September, as Victoria’s daily COVID-19 case numbers were finally dropping out of triple figures, Premier Daniel Andrews announced the creation of a system of local response units in Melbourne, to replace the highly centralised system that had failed to stop the second wave.
Key points:
- Six local contact tracing hubs in metropolitan Melbourne were promised two months ago
- But they haven’t started operating yet, even though similar units in regional Victoria are working
- Epidemiologists say…
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