Victoria is considering suburban lockdowns, what could that look like?

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The Victorian government may lock down 'virus hotspots' across Melbourne.

, authorities have floated the idea of locking down individual suburbs to stop the spread of the virus.

The Victorian government has given little detail on what suburban lockdowns would entail, but one or more of these would be the likely target."I'd imagine it would essentially be a return to the lockdown we had in place in March and April," said Tony Blakely, an epidemiologist and public health medicine specialist at the University of Melbourne.

"But I use that word cautiously - I'm not sure what level of enforcement would be required but I'd expect there to be some," he said. "So I would imagine patrols would be concentrated towards the boundaries and there would be spot checks of people going in and out to check if they're leaving for essential business."Mr Sutton described some of the challenges on Monday.

"They can be effective. Anything you do that stops people interacting with each other will reduce the risk of transmission," said Raina MacIntyre, the head of the biosecurity program at the Kirby Institute at the University of NSW.

 

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The Party says it is so. Then, it is so. The matters of the State are simply not the concern of the people, who will be rewarded for the fruits of their labour.

Wearing of masks should be encouraged, made compulsory in virus hotspots

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As long as it leaves the rest of Victoria alone. I'm in Ballarat and we've had no new cases in weeks and we have no active cases.

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