Maresa Fagan: The long road to containing Covid

Local lockdowns are in place in different parts of the globe as the WHO says the 'peak' of pandemic has not yet been reached, writes Maresa Fagan

Women hold signs outside housing commission apartments in Melbourne on Monday. The state of Victoria has shut its borders and plans to go into lockdown for six weeks as a new phase in the country’s coronavirus pandemic begins following 191 cases reported in a day in Australia’s second biggest city. Picture: AP/Andy Brownbill

Local lockdowns are now in place in different parts of the globe as the WHO warns that the ‘peak’ of the pandemic has not yet been reached, writes Maresa Fagan