Extracted from the Rotary Club of Traralgon Central's October Bulletin
Compare these figures for COVID-19 numbers on October 17 and July 30:
New Infections 30/7 17/10 Increase
FRANCE 1377 25,086 X 18.2
UK 846 15,650 X 18.4
VICTORIA 723 2 Avg 4.6.
COUNTRIES (DEFINED AS) WINNING (FROM CORONAVIRUS.ORG)
30 - Including Australia, New Zealand, Laos, Singapore, Fiji, Cameroon, Cambodia, Brunei, Timor Leste.
COUNTRIES NEARLY THERE:
14 – Including China, South Africa, South Korea, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia.
COUNTRIES REQUIRING ACTION:
90 - Including USA, UK, Italy, Israel, Ireland, Norway, Argentina, Cuba, Finland, France, Spain.
INTERNATIONAL ACCOLADES:
Both the BBC and CNN have reported and praised our achievements in Victoria. If you examine Ireland’s new regime of restrictions, it is a cut and paste of what we have done.