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We were looking forward to a summer of relative normality, then along came a new coronavirus variant

news How Delta burst Australia's Covid bubble © EPA A rise in Covid cases across the country has brought back restrictions for most of the nation For the past year, Australia has been coasting along almost blissfully detached from the global pandemic. It had achieved a "Covid normal" where people could visit restaurants and nightclubs and join crowds at festivals and theatres. The country's strong Covid defences - border closures and mandatory quarantine - worked 99.99% of the time. When cases did leak, officials acted quickly, aggressively locking down cities and hunting down every infec...

news The 'cracks' in Australia's hotel quarantine system © EPA Australia's only recent Covid scares have begun with leaks from hotel quarantine Australia's hotel quarantine system has been an extremely effective first line of defence against Covid-19. The country has largely eliminated the virus, often going weeks without a locally acquired infection. Hotel quarantine is credited a huge part of that success. But a series of isolated local cases in recent months - all from hotel quarantine leaks - have caused alarm. Since November, three cities have entered snap lockdowns on the back of suc...