Australia still the lucky COVID-19 country

While Canberrans were concentrating on the ACT election and the rest of the country was distracted by the Gladys Berejiklian and Daniel Andrews shows the global crisis has gone from terrible to catastrophic. New cases are being logged at the fastest rate so far, health systems in many countries are being swamped, and much of Europe is heading back under the lockdown 'doona'. Just when it seems Australians may be able to enjoy some sort of 'COVID-19 normal' Christmas billions of people are doing it tougher than ever as second waves rage out of control.