Raina Macintyre from the University of New South Wales believes a total lockdown of Australia could potentially stop the coronavirus within two weeks. Stephen Duckett from the Grattan Institute in turn suggests that it could take three weeks or so to halt the virus’s spread. A total lockdown would be enforced by police, and people would be confined to their homes at all times, except to buy food or medicine:
Britain, Italy and New Zealand have already taken this step [complete lockdown] to combat the virus threat…
All Australians would be ordered to stay in their homes unless they are essential service workers. The only physical contact permitted would be with others living in the same home. Even then, social distancing would be the norm.
