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That was the message from one of the country’s top public health officials this week, as much of Australia has begun a slow mitigation process. Today, the entire country reported only 16 new infections, which was almost unthinkable a month ago. That’s a sharp drop if you compare the numbers of 460 infected in one day on March 28.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today that the National Cabinet will meet on May 8 to discuss the mitigation of quarantine measures.
“We have to restart our economy, we have to restart our society,” said Prime Minister Morrison.
Queensland has not reported any new cases since Monday, and there have been no new infections in South Australia for more than seven days.
“There are no more cases in South Australia. This is a road map for us,” said South Australia’s chief of public health, Nicholas Spurier.
South Australia has 1.6 million people and is home to Adelaide’s most populous city. So far, 438 confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported, 14 are active so far, and only four have died.
“I think a lot of people are amazed at how well we went. In fact, when you look at all the states and territories, this is the safest place in the world, except perhaps New Zealand,” he said.
Neighboring New Zealand recently achieved the ambitious goal of a victory against the coronavirus.
In Australia, 6,767 cases were confirmed, of which 93 people died and 5,745 recovered.
“We will continue to combat the coronavirus pandemic. We have done a good job so far, we have been able to balance the curve of new cases of infection. Security has been our focus and now Australia is in a very similar position to New Zealand,” said a spokesman. from the Australian Ministry of Health. .
Some Australian states have already begun the mitigation process of restrictive measures and social distance rules. Western Australia and South Australia have loosened restrictions on public meetings.
In Western Australia, national parks have reopened, with almost 60 percent of public school students returning to banks.
In the remote northern territory, where no new cases have been reported for three weeks, residents will be able to use public pools, water parks, go fishing with friends, and play golf since Friday. The state has also established plans to restart the economy, allowing restaurants, pubs and gyms to reopen on May 15, and the remaining restrictions were lifted on June 5.
Australia’s success in stopping the epidemic has begun early measures to ban entry from high risk areas.
On February 1, Australia joined the United States by closing its borders to all foreign visitors to China, where the epidemic was first reported last December.
As the spread of the virus spread outside of China, Australia banned Iran, South Korea and Italy from entering in early March before completely closing its borders to all non-citizens on March 19.
But the country also had its missteps. She allowed the disembarkation of passengers from the “Rubi Princes” ship in Sydney. More than 600 cases of coronavirus infection and 15 deaths in Australia are linked to this ship.
Due to the increasing growth of the sick, Morrison announced on March 22 that all cafes, clubs, cinemas, rooms and religious institutions would be closed indefinitely. Only supermarkets, clothing stores, pharmacies, and beauty salons remained open.
The state of Victoria closed schools, and some states, such as Western Australia and South Australia, closed their borders, forcing anyone who entered to spend two weeks in quarantine.
In late March, the authorities imposed even more stringent measures of social distance, limiting public meetings to two people. People were advised to stay home and only go out if absolutely necessary, such as buying food, exercising, and medical care.
Increasing evidence
While business closings, schools, travel restrictions, and social distancing rules are common steps taken by many governments around the world, Australia has combined these restrictions with a wealth of evidence.
To date, more than 570,000 people have been evaluated in Australia. On March 25, Australia extended the testing criteria to all health professionals, caregivers, prisoners and people in other identified outbreaks who have fever or acute respiratory symptoms.
Last week, the criteria were further extended to those showing even the worst coronavirus symptoms. Additionally, Australia will begin testing asymptomatic cases for the first time.
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