The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee recognised local circumstances may prompt States and Territories to introduce additional measures to further control community transmission. Australian Health Protection Principal Committee recommendations on application of regional additional social distancing measures to combat COVID-19 30 March 2020 Following the progressively scaled up social distancing measures over the last week, Australia has now achieved significant behavioural change and a clear narrative on the message to “stay at home unless doing limited essential activities”.
The measures so far introduced are, in large part, similar to many overseas countries. Secondary effects of these measures are also being observed, such