LISA MILLAR:Now, to Canberra, where the country's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Michael Kidd, joins me this morning.
Good morning, Michael. Thanks for coming on ABC News Breakfast. It is a difficult day in Victoria. I've seen some alarming figures and predictions.
What would have happened if we hadn't gone into this second lockdown?PROFESSOR MICHAEL KIDD:Well, the second lockdown is a totally appropriate response to what we've seen with the significant rise in community transmission across Melbourne and we know this is going to be very tough for the people of Melbourne and the surrounding areas of the city.
But I think it is really important that we all remember that we– the things that we learnt the first time we were in lockdown.