In Australia, the state of Victoria, with more than six million people, has been put into lockdown because of 18 cases. Yes, you read that correctly. The Australian's Steve Waterson tries to explain what's going on.
As infections surge during winter in the 'Zero Covid' state, the national Government in Australia finally accepts that trying to keep Covid out forever is no way to run a country.
If any advanced country has come close to "Zero COVID", it's Singapore. Despite recording only 36 deaths, the government has announced, "We can't eradicate" COVID-19, which will very likely "become endemic".
In a comprehensive, must-read analysis of all three lockdowns, Dr Noah Carl argues that the approach taken by the UK Government was almost certainly a mistake.
