Why isn't Victoria locking it all down?
Victoria registered 75 new cases of coronavirus on Monday – one of the highest daily increases in new cases since the pandemic began. Last time the curve was becoming this […]
Victoria has again forced large parts of Melbourne into lockdown, in an attempt to try and halt the spread of coronavirus.
Listing postcodes in so-called «hot zones» where restrictions will apply, Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews says the «extraordinary steps» were necessary to contain a surge in infections.
The orders effectively place some suburbs back under the same restrictions from the start of the pandemic.
So will it help stop the spread?
On today’s show:
* Why are people in Melbourne being forced back into lockdown?
* As cases rise in Victoria, why aren’t we seeing more people in hospital like what happened the first time?
* There hasn’t been a treatment or vaccine for SARS and MERS, why do we think there will be one for coronavirus?
* There are antiviral drugs for HIV, could we see a similar approach for coronavirus?
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