If the New Coronavirus Vaccine still Does Not Appear, Australia may Face to 'Divide into Two'

Before a vaccine for the new coronavirus is found, Victoria and New South Wales are likely to be 'divided' by other Australian states and territories. The borders of other states and territories will develop their own strategies based on the new coronavirus situation. To stop the virus, the leaders of the two most serious states are still trying to suppress it. Experts say this is like 'living in a country divided into two.'

The 'Daily Mail' reported on the 18th that from the current situation of the spread of the new coronavirus, Australia is likely to be divided into two to curb the further spread of the new coronavirus. The epidemic is hardest hit and the two most serious states have been trying to suppress, rather than eliminate, the virus. States and territories other than Victoria and NSW have restricted visitors from the two most severely affected states in Australia. Victorians are actually prohibited from leaving the state, and Queensland Governor Annastacia Palaszczuk said that Queensland's reopening of borders with Victoria and NSW may be postponed to Christmas.

An epidemiologist said that before finding an effective vaccine for the new coronavirus, NSW and Victoria can cut off the link with the state with the least community transmission. Australia’s chief medical officer, Paul Kelly, said last week that a new effective vaccine may be produced within a few months, but independent health experts warned that it may take a year for Australia to vaccinate completely safely. Tony Blakely, professor of epidemiology at the University of Melbourne, said. 'Other states and territories in Australia want to maintain the current lockdown, which means that we are basically going to live in a country divided into two.'

The two independent policies to deal with the virus mean that residents in South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania cannot move freely between states, while the borders between NSW and Victoria will continue to be closed, and may even close to each other, until the community spread here is significantly reduced. Blakely said that Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has passed the stage of trying to quickly eradicate the spread of the virus, and that strict social distancing regulations have come too late. If state officials in the dilemma of the novel coronavirus want to develop an elimination strategy, they will need a few weeks to manage the severe fourth-stage restrictions. He also said that the Victorian Department of Health needs to greatly improve contact tracing and advocate the use of masks in order to inhibit the success of the strategy.

Blakely said, 'We can learn a lot from NSW, and they have done a good job of suppressing policies. The current state of NSW shows that you can keep the virus level low.' Since the second wave of Victoria in June, in the past two months since the outbreak, NSW has successfully suppressed the virus, allowing residents to basically resume their normal lives. During this period, the number of daily infections in NSW was basically double digits, with only three times exceeding 20 people.

Last week, Morrison refuted the call for a new coronavirus eradication policy. He said that trying to eradicate the virus will paralyze the already troubled economy. The eradication policy will involve a long-term and severe lockdown, just like New Zealand has implemented. It will lead to loss of jobs, not to mention that it may not work. The Victorian epidemic proved that with basic workers and overseas tourists returning to Australia from abroad, there is no guarantee that the epidemic can be eliminated. He said, 'You can't bet on your own economy for an illusory goal.'

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