Deputy Chief Medical Officer interview on ABC Radio National Drive on 8 July 2020
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Date published: 8 July 2020 Media type: Transcript Audience: General public HAMISH MCDONALD: Professor Michael Kidd, is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer in the federal Health Department. He is in Canberra this morning, good morning to you. Welcome back to Breakfast. MICHAEL KIDD: Thanks, Hamish. Good morning. HAMISH MCDONALD: Is this approach in Victoria, the right approach? Locking down Melbourne metropolitan area, effectively, is this going to get on top of this so-called, second wave? MICHAEL KIDD: Well, this is a very important approach and totally appropriate, given the very significant rise that we`ve seen over the past few days in community transmission of COVID-19, across Melbourne....