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Wikicommons: Collingwood Housing Commission Towers

With Victorian authorities struggling to contain people from within the public housing towers in  Carlton, why is it so conducive to a virus such as COVID 19 spreading?

It appears the ability of the Virus to live on surfaces combined with airborne transmission provide a perfect combination for high density living.

There are lessons from similar problems in high-rise in Hong Kong during the SARS crisis.

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