Have Australia and New Zealand stopped Covid 19 in its tracks?
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Southern hemisphere neighbours have developed different strategies but both are working – for now
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Its more than 35,000km of coastline was always going to be Australia’s most potent weapon in the fight against coronavirus, but even so, the speed with which it was deployed was breathtaking.
Without warning on Thursday 19 March, the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, announced “Australia is closing its borders to all-non citizens”, the ban effective from 9pm the next day. Continue reading...