Some good news: federal government modelling indicates social distancing is holding new COVID-19 infection levels low enough to eliminate the virus from mainland Australia. But could this cause us problems down the road?

National Editor Tory Maguire is joined by science reporter Liam Mannix to examine how Australia has become a world leader in decreasing the number of new cases and discuss estimates about when the virus could be defeated.

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