Remember back in the days when there was a fake news about Singapore wanting to impose location-based lockdown, whereby you’re restricted to a “zone” you stay in? People in Yishun were like
Well, that was fake news, but over in Melbourne, Australia, this is going to happen. Kind of.
Australia, the Country That Successfully Kept COVID-19 Under Control for…2 Months
If you look at the daily cases in Australia, you’d see that the country is experiencing a second wave since July:
Most of the cases are from Victoria, with it housing over 64% of the total cases. Back in March 2020, the state had declared a state of emergency with a “lockdown” and just like any other countries, the state extended the lockdown until 31 May 2020 (kind of lah, because there is never a real “lifting of restrictions”).
And if you look at the chart, it makes sense: the country’s daily new cases have remained consistently low, and everyone’s happy, so restrictions were slowly lifted.
Crap, that sounds like Singapore—
Reader Bao: Please touch wood before you continue
We all know the coronavirus isn’t going to give up that easily, because in the later part of June, more cases emerged in Victoria and the Victorian Government announced the re-tightening of restrictions.
That, unfortunately, didn’t help as more cases emerged, and even more restrictions were imposed (again). By 22 July 2020, masks became compulsory for anyone in public in Melbourne.
But why Melbourne, you ask.
Melbourne is a city in Victoria, and most cases are from the city. Out of the 11,557 cases in the state, 10,643 are from Melbourne, which works out to a whopping 92% of cases in the state.
But still, that didn’t help.