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Australian border closures would work for Britain. Here’s why

Closing the borders worked Down Under. Could it work here?

30 January 2021

9:00 AM

30 January 2021

9:00 AM

 Melbourne

Australia has been a rare success story during the pandemic. There have been around 29,000 cases of Covid, 908 of which have proved fatal. There are currently just 125 active cases in the entire country, a mere 25 of which have required hospitalisation. For a population of 25 million, this is a vastly different experience to that of Covid-beleaguered Europe and North America.

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