There are three key reasons.
First – the escalating cases in Melbourne.
Second – the extending community transmission.
And third – the unacceptable risk of spread to regional areas.
Yesterday’s 191 cases in Victoria was the highest daily number
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The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews,
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What we’ve done is follow the medical advice, both at state level and at federal level.
As a country, one of the things we’ve been able to do is to flatten the curve, to stop that spread, and, in light
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