Victoria s coronavirus lockdown is unnecessary because there are no mystery cases and could have been avoided if the state government had set up a universal QR code check-in system, a diseases expert has told Daily Mail Australia.
Seven million Victorians are being ordered to stay at home in a circuit-breaker lockdown that started on Friday morning as an outbreak in Melbourne grew to 30 cases of the Indian variant of the disease.
But Professor Peter Collignon, of the Australian National University, said short lockdowns impose huge costs and do not help stop the spread of the virus as long as cases and contacts are isolated by a good tracing system.
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As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.
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New Delhi: Thereâs no end in sight for the coronavirus pandemic still with the virus continuing to wreak havoc across the globe. Since the beginning of the pandemic last year, over 11 crore cases have been reported and more than 2.4 lakh people have succumbed to the virus.
In this feature, ThePrint offers five hand-picked, interesting stories to keep you up to date with the virus.
New South Wales records no new cases of coronavirus as new alerts are issued for venues in western Sydney and the south coast
New South Wales has recorded no new local cases of coronavirus on Thursday but venues are on alert
Infectious patients have visited several venues in the western Sydney suburb of Wentworthville
There are also concerns the virus will spread on the state s south coast after a positive case visited