Monitoring the pandemic | Borders closed for at least another month

I say “at least” because the date has slipped time and again. I’d bet it will slip again. And that means no opening of our international borders because the one with China comes first. Even as the General Chamber of Commerce argues we should open internationally first. We bow to Beijing.

Another thing: it’s weird to keep saying “monitoring the pandemic” because in the rest of the world, at least the rest of the west, it’s pretty much a non topic now. Certainly not much coverage in the US, the EU, the UK or even in Oz.

Meantime: