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It should have been a moment of triumph. After almost 80 days of a punishing lockdown, Victoria had done what some had thought impossible and broken the spine of a stubborn and deadly coronavirus wave.
But it was late September and the public were growing frustrated, agitating for more freedoms as daily cases dipped into the low double digits.
Professor Allen Cheng addresses the daily COVID-19 media conference in September.
Credit:Eddie Jim
For infectious diseases physician Allen Cheng, who had become deputy chief health officer for the Victorian Department of Health just two months earlier, it was the now or never moment.
A leading epidemiologist has labelled the state government’s move to keep masks mandatory outdoors a “burden”. It comes as Melburnians are freed from lockdown.
Authorities won't pause the planned easing of restrictions for Melbourne and regional Victoria after the emergence of four new unlinked COVID-19 cases.
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