LEIGH SALES:Dr Nick Coatsworth is the federal Deputy Chief Medical Officer, and he joined me from Canberra.Dr Coatsworth, thanks very much for being with us.
If we can start with masks; why shouldn't New South Wales give itself every chance of avoiding where Victoria's gotten to and mandate mask-wearing in highly populated areas and hot spots right now?NICK COATSWORTH:So, Leigh that is a question that we're getting a lot at the moment, and it's got two elements to the response.
The first one is; we want Australians to be absolutely clear that their primary mechanism of defence against COVID-19 is distance.