Halfway into Melbourne’s six-week lockdown, the modelling from previous shutdowns suggests the curve should be flattening.
Yesterday, when Victoria recorded 295 positive cases, the words “turning point” were even muttered by some.
But as today’s shock result of 723 COVID-19 cases reverberated around the state — and the country — two obvious questions were being asked in kitchens, loungerooms and bedrooms across Victoria: how and what’s next?
According to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, the “how” stems back to a worrying trend: “You can’t go to work if you’re sick.”
In his press conference today, a clearly dejected Mr Andrews declined to lay direct blame on any industry, with “auditing work” going on at workplaces.
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Apart from “more than 100 cases in aged care”, he did not have direct figures on cases in other industries.
“If people con