Melbourne braces for COVID tsunami

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Several epidemiologists and experts believe that Melbourne is staring down the barrel of a COVID tsunami, whereby daily cases could rise into the thousands.

Adelaide epidemiologist Adrian Esterman was quoted in The AFR yesterday saying:

“I’ve done a forecast for Victoria, which is not looking good because the effective reproduction (Reff) number for Victoria is way higher than NSW”…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.