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‘When Australia shuts down, it shuts down’: Fauci praises Australia

Tom McIlroy

America’s COVID-19-fighter-in-chief has praised Australia’s coronavirus response, saying the country has led the world on containment and management of emerging variants.

Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Australia’s approach to lockdowns had successfully stopped outbreaks in a way the United States had never done.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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