In the past week Australia has recorded some of its lowest daily numbers of new COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the outbreak.
Experts say the risk of a fresh outbreak, a second wave of infections remains high.
- A second wave in winter would be particularly dangerous as hospitals would already be busy dealing with the flu season.
- If Australia relaxes restrictions too quickly, the results could be devastating
Department of Health told SBS News the government is monitoring how other countries are experiencing 'second waves'.
Archie Clements, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at Curtin University, says the only real way out of the pandemic is a vaccine.
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