Victorian Acting Premier James Merlino has argued the reason states have different approaches to COVID-19 outbreaks is because “the nature of each outbreak is different”.
“There’s national agreement in terms of aggressive suppression,” he said.
“There’s national agreement in terms of infection prevention, protection controls that we have in hotel quarantine.”
“So, there are a number of things that we engage with and agree at a national level.
“Every outbreak is different, and that’s why the public health advice, whether it’s in WA, New South Wales, South Australia,…
