So how come Australia is still locked down?

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So Australia has approx 20 new cases a day and barely no deaths.

So how come they are still locked down?

I thought they were relaxing their lockdown?

Yes there are talks, but there has only been approx 7000 cases.

It's scary to think that they are locked down with so few cases and we are talking about lifting lockdown here with thousands of new cases daily!

I think they have just loosened the restrictions.

Because they are sensible

Because their pm had his arse handed to him over letting the country burn (remember that)
As soon as enough people have lost their jobs for the public mood to shift they'll be out of lockdown quicker than he can say ' I wish I was Jacinda'

Many of the deaths are linked to just 1 care home and a couple of cruise liners. That’s how quickly it spreads and leads to deaths and Aus doesn’t want it to spread any further.

Most of the world is appalled by the 30k deaths in the UK. And yet the government and papers are calling it a win. There’s no confirmation that you get immunity from having it. It may as well have not locked down.

Hey - I am in Australia .

They are being careful. Things have started to lift and expecting more things to re-open next week. It's split into phases and we are at Phase 1.

They have handled everything really well. Forced quarantine in hotels and islands for anyone who has arrived (that's been going on for months) and has really helped the spread I believe.

They are heading into their winter and so can't afford to see a spike in cases , as there are some concerns that the fact they are at the tail end of their summer is one of the reasons they have been able to contain it

Because we can see what has happened to the rest of the world?

Carefully does it.

Morrison is an idiot, but the Premiers are doing an ace job (mostly by ignoring Morrison).

Schools are back in NSW this week part time. Our Premier wants to do this slowly so that we can KEEP a handle on things, and I support that.

Still waiting for the legislation/source code on the App. Once that is out I will make a decision on whether to download.

Each State is taking a slightly different approach which is appropriate given the different demographics/spread of people etc.

State/Federal system is working nicely in my opinion.

What would the right number be to be out of lockdown?

It is scary that the UK are even considering reducing restrictions. There’s no pride in 30k deaths.

Australia were quicker to close down and will continue to quarantine returning travellers in hotels for a long time yet. To do anything less is insanity.

We are so lucky that our premier (in Victoria) is resisting the demands to get people back to the pub and the footy. Two things I didn't really do before!
We have watched in horror the terrible toll in US and UK.

They have been relaxed in WA.

There’s no pride in 30k deaths

And no one is proud of 30k deaths.

Dan is indeed the Man. 😁

I am actually pretty impressed with all of the Premiers though.

What is appropriate in Darwin may not be appropriate in Melbourne. So while we need to pull together as a country it makes sense to acknowledge the differences as well.

Western Australia around Perth high risk kids are back to school next week.

Because they place more importance on keeping people alive. Looking in on the UK's response to covid19 has made me even more glad that I dont live there, and even more determined that I never will again

No one is proud of 30k deaths. Just need to be clear that our numbers aren’t completely comparable with other countries who are recording things differently.

www.smh.com.au/national/three-decisions-and-a-two-point-plan-how-australia-got-on-top-of-covid-19-20200508-p54rag.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook. Interesting article from today's paper
The Australian government has been proactive since January. We dont want to see our gains lost. I am normally not a fan of the Morrison Government, but i believe thay have done a great job.

Australia has had 93 deaths.

Australia has done a pretty good job. I’m annoyed they released the app before it was working properly (almost useless in iPhone apparently) but apart from that it’s been handled well.

I’m in South Australia and there are only two known active cases here so things are starting to go back to some kind of normal here. I’ve been working in my city office job the whole time.

Australia can near eradicate the virus. They are refining tracking and contact tracing so as they ease up any cluster can be captured and stopped spreading. The U.K.. much of the us, it’s really just spreading freely. Victoria has had a cluster a week ago and you can see how fast it moves with 20 odd cases a day for a week. It will be great to be in phase 1 of loosening restrictions though!

To us the mind boggles you are talking about loosening restrictions while there are hundreds of new cases a day which means actually thousands as no one is really getting tested.

Because Australia has common sense and values lives. They realise the truth of short term pain long term gain re the economy.

Most of the world is appalled by the 30k deaths in the UK
This.

I'm in Victoria and I'm concerned they're loosening the restrictions too soon.

But I know we have to put a toe in the water and see how it goes.

I'm not sending DC to school until I'm happy and dh is WFH indefinitely. I lost my job because of the virus which means I am able to homeschool for as long as I want.

I’m super impressed with Dan Andrews, he has been so proactive & decisive during this time. I live in NSW and we have done well also, slightly less firm though than I think we should have been. And the terrible handling of the outbreak in the nursing home, where at last count I think 16 residents have died is horrendous. So sad for all the families involved.