Yesterday was declared donut day out here. That didn't have anything to with Krispy Cremes but was in reference to the first day of zero community transmission cases. We are still exposing a handful of daily positive tests in returned O/S travellers in hotel quarantine. The claim of zero is a bit tainted as authorities were aware of 1 child who has tested positive but the result of the test was not received until after the cutoff for yesterday's tally.
This result, even counting the 1, is a massive achievement, particularly from the citizens of Melbourne specifically and Victorians in general. 16 weeks is a long time in hard lockdown, but it has resulted in reducing 700 daily cases to zero and basically saved all of Australia from this virus. We are by no means 100% safe.
It comes on the same day that Boris has announced restrictions. I wish all those in the UK, as you are about to go into lockdown, good luck.
It is interesting that children and young people, who were at first claimed to be mainly unaffected, are now the most affected age bracket. Most of our recent community infections are occuring in schools and activities of young people.