The first three months of the COVID-19 epidemic: Epidemiological evidence for two separate strains of SARS-CoV-2 viruses spreading and implications for prevention strategies

Knut M. Wittkowski

Other than travel restrictions (14-day quarantine for non-residents and travel restrictions between states, similar to what other countries have enacted) the AU government has not required (although recommended) people to go to work or closed schools, ( https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novelcoronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others-from-coronavirus-covid-19/social-dis tancing-for- coronavirus-covid-19 ) or financed a bailout to prevent a burndown of the market (as in the U.S.). Instead, it provided funds for (https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/government-response-to-the-covid-19-outbreak, accessed 03-30)