More snap lockdowns on the horizon
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For the next four months Australians should expect to endure more snap lockdowns with experts predicting further outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant.
Melbourne’s roads and cycling paths, seen here from Footscray, were quiet on Tuesday morning in Victoria’s fifth lockdown.
Credit:Jason South
They argue each new Delta outbreak must be crushed back down to zero cases with “accelerated” public health measures, including snap lockdowns.
Victoria’s stay-at-home orders were extended on Monday after 16 infections were detected. NSW is enduring a prolonged lockdown and other states have restrictions in place as the nation struggles to contain a spread of fast-moving Delta.