Many people are already struggling amid the stress and uncertainty of the pandemic. For Melbourne residents, a second lockdown is likely to place an even bigger strain on their mental health.
The best option is for infected people to be admitted to hospitals or other suitable health facilities. This will help prevent transmission within families.
It’s good exemptions are available for those who really need them – but it’s crucial these options are not abused. If we get this wrong, we risk losing control.
Public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne have been placed under ‘hard lockdown’, with 3,000 residents confined to home for at least five days, after 23 COVID-19 cases in 12 homes.
Some have become closer to neighbours, some have let friendships drift.
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As compulsory testing and more restrictive quarantine rules are being considered, it is critical these measures are properly communicated and used with restraint.
Leicester will remain under lockdown while other parts of the UK open up.
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Local lockdowns in Italy and Germany have led to civil unrest. Could the same happen in the UK?
Women internalized their role as caregivers so much so that, more often than not, the question of “whose work is getting priority in your couple?” is never even asked.
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Caught between the educational care of children and a considerable amount of full-time work to be done, women managers continue to shoulder a large part of the domestic and parental burden.
Parliament will almost certainly rubber-stamp Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s supplementary budget.
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National Treasury is incapable of coming up with the sweeping governmental, social and economic changes required to dig South Africa out of its economic hole.
Simon Chapple, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Kate C. Prickett, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Michael Fletcher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Resilience, humour, hardship and tragedy – a unique survey reveals how ordinary New Zealanders coped during one of the world’s strictest COVID-19 lockdowns.
There’s a lot caregivers can do to ensure that young children keep learning.
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand