Opinion: The sixth week of lockdown is now ending with little sign that Sydney is bringing the latest outbreak under control. It is time for a new approach
The sixth week of lockdown is now ending with little sign that Sydney is bringing the latest outbreak under control. It is time for a new approach.
At each stage the virus has jumped the containment lines and NSW had to catch up. Initially Ms Berejiklian left enforcement of the rules up to “common sense”. On Thursday she called in the army. The experience of Victoria’s long lockdown last year should have been in the front of her mind. Premier Daniel Andrews also thought he could use precision surgery to cut out a tumour at the start of that disaster and realised too late he had missed the cancer spreading all over the state.This criticism is not just about scoring political points or being wise in hindsight.
Based on the experience of the past six weeks it is only a matter of time before the virus jumps the imaginary fence around the LGAs and heads north and east. By then it will be too late.
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