Is Melbourne's lockdown a failure? - a podcast by ABC Radio

Melburnians have been living under Stage 3 restrictions for more than three weeks.

Pubs, cafes and gyms are closed, hosting friends or family at home is forbidden, and someone even copped a $1,600 fine for driving across town to pick up a curry.

Today, new restrictions are coming into place west of Melbourne, in Geelong and on the Great Ocean Road, while from next week mask-wearing in public will be mandatory across Victoria.

So why, despite all the new rules, is the daily COVID-19 case count still rising?

Today on The Signal we ask why the situation in Victoria seems to be getting worse, and comb through the data to see if there are successes hidden amid the gloom.



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Professor Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University, Melbourne

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