On Monday 4 October, after 245 days, Melbourne claimed the decidedly unwelcome record of the longest locked-down city in the world. On the same day, Victoria also recorded Australia’s highest daily toll of 1,763 new Covid-19 cases, every single one of them acquired locally inside the state.
Canberra is a long way off that dubious distinction.
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