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Go for zero: How Australia can get to zero COVID-19 cases

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by Stephen Duckett and Will Mackey

Victoria, NSW, and Queensland should aggressively drive COVID-19 cases down to zero as part of an explicit national policy of no active cases in the Australian community.

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