Corona: Sydney extremely successful with “gold standard” strategy - the “most sustainable model” in the fight against virus?

Compared to other major Australian cities, the number of corona cases in Sydney is very low.

This is probably due to a promising health concept.

• In

  Sydney

  , the Corona * numbers are surprisingly low.

• The Australian metropolis

  owes this to

  its "

  test-and-trace strategy

  ".

• Local teams in individual districts have to act very quickly after outbreaks to

  contain

  the

  virus

  *.

Munich - The beaches are full, the schools are open, the companies can work and the number of corona cases * is clearly low.

in the city?

There is not any.

In stark contrast to the German city of Hamburg, where there was an outbreak in the party scene.

In

, however, a lot is going right.

The Australian metropolis has become a beacon of hope in recent weeks when it comes to curbing Covid-19 *.

Almost 4200 cases and 52 deaths are currently counted - mind you, since the beginning of the

.

Even the winter months, which make the virus even more dangerous, were survived well.

Not even the mask requirement * was declared.

Coronavirus in Sydney: low numbers without strict restrictions

Residents were only advised to cover their faces in public.

The

reports

(article behind a payment barrier).

Only the

rules with public space have been more strictly regulated, but the other restrictions * are limited compared to other cities.

Is physical distancing still important?

Yes.

COVID-19 is still circulating in our community.

Help reduce the risk of infection by staying 1.5 meters apart.

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- NSW Health (@NSWHealth) September 12, 2020

The state of

, in which Sydney is located, has instead contained the infection with the "

" - at least that's how

the "test-and-trace strategy", which is used in the 5 million population City is applied.

It is the "most sustainable model", "closures and limits are not indicators of success in dealing with Covid-19 *", Morrison continued.

Coronavirus in Sydney: "Test-and-Trace-Strategy" is fully effective

The numbers prove him right.

According to

, the

, on Wednesday just ten new cases were reported in the past 24 hours.

Most of them, however, were returnees who were immediately quarantined.

Around 20,000 tests would have been carried out during this period.

But how exactly does the “test-and-trace strategy” work?

"They have embedded public health units in all of their local districts,"

, the chief medical officer of the

of

quoted as saying

after an interview with broadcaster

von

.

The health system, which is embedded in the local districts, allows better management of the infection.

Communication within the communities could be better and more precise.

Coronavirus in Sydney: Rapid action required from local teams

Individual teams react accordingly to the outbreaks in their respective areas.

300 people would make over 2000 calls a day in New South Wales.

This is intended to trace precisely where and when an infected person was and which people in the vicinity might be at risk.

Event diaries, cell phone photos, and purchase bills would ultimately help to remind those affected where they were.

According to a health expert, around 30 people per infected person would be contacted.

This approach requires extremely quick action.

Otherwise it could quickly happen that you lose control of the infection *.

So it's no wonder that Brendan Murphy describes the work of the people in Sydney as "very good". Meanwhile, there is confusion in Germany about a report by the Robert Koch Institute.