One of the federal government's top advisers says the key measure of Australia's COVID-19 infection rate has fallen below 1 – the point at which the virus begins to fade.
Melbourne University mathematics professor James McCaw, a co-author of the Doherty Institute epidemiological modelling released last week, said his team had been making estimates of the effective reproduction rate – known as the "Reff" – about twice a week, and are looking to release a public version of the number.
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