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How unlocked Victoria can learn to live with the virus

A post-lockdown plan for the state and the rest of Australia will need change in political stance, operational strategy and public acceptance.

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Plan A for COVID-19 was the national effort led from the front by Scott Morrison and former chief medical officer Brendan Murphy. The entire nation was in a uniform lockdown. The plan ended in May and delivered four states and two territories with no local transmission. Quite a success. And then came the problem in Victoria.

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Shitij Kapur is dean of the faculty of medicine, dentistry and health sciences at the University of Melbourne.

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