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Quarantined hotel quests on the balcony of the Peppers on Waymouth Hotel on November 18, 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. (Kelly Barnes/Getty Images)
Quarantined hotel quests on the balcony of the Peppers on Waymouth Hotel on November 18, 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. (Kelly Barnes/Getty Images)
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Yesterday, across the entire Australian nation — population 26 million — there were just six new COVID-19 positive cases, all from international travelers. Which means Australia has managed an incredible feat: zero new cases of community-spread coronavirus in the country. So how did Australia do it?

Gerard Ryle is an investigative journalist and the director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. On Point senior editor Dorey Scheimer speaks with him about his two weeks of government-mandated quarantine in an Australian hotel.

In this web exclusive ... we hear from:

Gerard Ryle, investigative journalist and director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Dorey Scheimer Twitter Senior Editor, On Point
Dorey Scheimer is a senior editor at On Point.

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