Australian overnment,pandemic could last 10 months

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Coronavirus outbreakAustralia’s coronavirus pandemic plan: mass vaccinations and stadium quarantine
A pandemic could last up to 10 months with 40% of the workforce sidelined by illness or caring for family in worst-case scenario
Ben Doherty
 @bendohertycorroWed 26 Feb 2020 21.41 EST
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Share via EmailGovernments may order mass vaccinations of entire suburbs, cities or groups of people; sports stadia may be sequestered as quarantine sites; and police could be ordered to guard critical medical supplies under Australia’s pandemic health plans.Under worst-case scenarios being contemplated by state and federal governments, forecasts say a pandemic outbreak could last up to 10 months, and 40% of the country’s workforce could be sidelined by illness or caring for family members. Australia’s GDP could take a 10% hit.The pandemic plans have not yet been scaled up to their highest levels: Australia remains in containment mode and governments have consistently said that Australia is well-placed to deal with any outbreaks.Currently, out of 81,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide, which have caused more than 2,700 deaths, just 22 have been identified in Australia, with zero deaths.Australian university offers up to $7,500 to students stranded in China by coronavirus travel ban
“Pandemic influenza can cause significant disruptions to the way we live as it has the potential to result in high levels of illness and death,” the Victorian government has warned in its action plan for influenza pandemic.< ="https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/safe/1-0-37//container.?n=0" name="1-0-37;82728;< name="view" ="width=300, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">var jscVersion = 'r20200224';var google_casm=[];< ="text/">body{margin:0;padding:0;overflow:hidden;line-height:0;}window.dicnf = {};< -jc="40">(function(){/*  Copyright The Closure Library Authors. SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */ 'use strict';var n=this||self; function aa(a){var b=typeof a;if("object"==b)if(a){if(a instanceof Array)return"array";if(a instanceof (c,d)})}function oa(a){const b=[];if(v.umi){const c=new D(d=>{a.b=d});b.push(c)}if(v.ebrpfa){const c=ia();b.push(c.b);da(a.a,()=>{fa(a.a.body,c.a)})}3==F(a.a)&&3==F(a.a)&&b.push(pa(a));a.c=ha(b)} function pa(a){return new D(b=>{const c=la(a.a);if(c){var d=()=>{if(3!=F(a.a)){var e=a.a;e.removeEventListener&&e.removeEventListener(c,d,!1);b()}};H&&(d=H(521,d));w(a.a,c,d)}})}class I{constructor(){this.a=n.document;this.f=n;this.b=null;oa(this)}}(function(){var a=I;a.j=void 0;a.m=function(){return a.j?a.j:a.j=new a}})();var J=document,K=window;var qa=!!window.google_async_iframe_id;let L=qa&&window.parent||window;class ra{constructor(a,b,c={}){this.error=a;this.context=b.context;this.msg=b.message||"";this.id=b.id||"jserror";this.meta=c}};const sa=/^https?:\/\/(\w|-)+\.cdn\.ampproject\.(net|org)(\?|\/|$)/;var ta=class{constructor(a,b){this.a=a;this.b=b}},ua=class{constructor(a,b,c,d,e){this.url=a;this.o=!!d;this.depth="number"===typeof e?e:null}};function va(a,b){const c={};c[a]=b;return[c
In the event of a severe pandemic outbreak, police forces may be drafted in to protect key medical supplies, with responsibility to “plan and implement security of the national medical stockpile and state medical stockpile … of anti-influenza medicine and personal protective equipment”.
Social distancing strategies, voluntary at first but enforced if necessary, could be implemented across the country. That might include quarantine in designated secure sites (such as the Manigurr-ma village in the Northern Territory); home isolation; exclusion, where people are asked to exclude themselves from childcare, school, educational facilities, workplaces and other activities; or closures of schools and 
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