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Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, Brett Sutton, says that in a pandemic, a week feels like a billion years. For 20 days an epidemiological eternity the viral strain that prompted Victoria’s latest lockdown moved freely in our community, hidden from view.
A man who managed to travel through India without getting sick somehow came into contact with the virulent B.1.617.1 strain while quarantining in an Adelaide hotel room. Although he repeatedly tested negative for the virus, he was carrying it when he checked out on May 4, the day he flew home to Melbourne.
People queue to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations at Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building.
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