Collignon said the current lockdown settings would be more effective if a greater proportion of people were obeying the rules. While he said policing had a role to play in improving compliance, communicating the specifics of the rules effectively was equally important.
âIâm not sure making rules tighter for the sake of it will do as much as making sure existing rules are followed, and that only happens when the vast majority of the population understands the rules properly,â he said.
Collignon is sceptical of the benefit of enforcing mask-wearing outdoors across all of Sydney. Instead, he thinks mandating face shields indoors among essential workers would do more to limit spread of Covid, pointing to studies out of China that people with glasses were significantly less likely to contract Covid.
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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.
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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.
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Australia will soon trial home quarantine
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a home quarantine trial in South Australia for fully vaccinated travellers, which he said could pave the way for Australians to be allowed to leave and return.
It may also see some Australians who are stranded overseas and want to return home avoid hotels and quarantine in their own country.
Here’s what we know so far about the trial and what it might mean for future travel.
How will it work?
On Friday, the National Cabinet agreed to conduct a home quarantine trial, which would relieve pressure on the hotel system and allow more people to return to the country in the future.