Coronavirus Australia live updates: PM reveals three COVID-19 'conditions'
Scott Morrison has warned that without getting the three health protections in place that the government announced today – increased testing, more contact tracing and local responses – we risk turning into New York or western Europe.
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“Look at New York, London, Spain, all of those places – that could be Australia,” he told 7.30. We should not kid ourselves. The success we’ve had at the moment protects us from ending up where they are right now If you don’t keep it under control, it will get away from you quickly and then you’ll have to lock down even harder and the economic costs will be even worse.”
