How one hotel outbreak of Covid-19 put an Australian state back in lockdown

 The south-eastern state of Victoria in Australia is in the midst of a second lockdown. A breach in infection control procedures by security staff contracted by the government to monitor returned international travellers was one of the factors that triggered Victoria’s resurgence of infections.


Melissa Davey, the Melbourne bureau chief for Guardian Australia, tells Rachel Humphreys how Australia fought the virus so effectively during the first wave and how people have responded to this new infection. Australia’s only free 24/7 counselling service for young people has reported that demand in Victoria increased 8% in July compared with the previous month.



Read more:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2020/aug/12/how-one-hotel-outbreak-of-covid-19-put-australian-state-victoria-lockdown-podcast

Members of the Australian Defence Force walk through Fitzroy Gardens.

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