Tag: social distancing
Lockdowns make people lonely. Here are 3 steps we can take now to help each other
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Millions of Australians are currently living under lockdowns in an effort to curb the rapid spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
While...
340,000 Melburnians have little or no parkland within 5km of their home
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Under the stage 4 restrictions enforced throughout metropolitan Melbourne, residents can exercise for one hour each day, within five kilometres of their...
Two weeks into Melbourne’s lockdown, why aren’t COVID-19 case numbers going down
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Fourteen days after Melbourne was put back into lockdown, with the Thursday tally of 484 new cases in Victoria makes for dispiriting...
‘Kissing can be dangerous’: how old advice for TB seems strangely familiar today
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We’ve been reminded about avoiding hugging or kissing, especially among large family groups, in light of the recent Melbourne coronavirus clusters.
But alerting the...
4 ways our streets can rescue restaurants, bars and cafes after coronavirus
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As Australia re-opens, the bars, cafes and restaurants that give life to our streets face a tough ask: stay open and stay...
New shows tell our isolation stories on screen – making the most of what’s at hand
Oma in Coronavirus & Me. iWonder/7Plus
Coronavirus & Me is the kind of hybrid user-generated television production we can expect to see more of in coming months.
With...