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Coronavirus: What is community transmission?

Andrew Brown
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:56pm, first published September 9 2020 - 12:00am
Health experts have said large crowds at venues are to be avoided in order to stop the spread of community transmission. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Health experts have said large crowds at venues are to be avoided in order to stop the spread of community transmission. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

They're two words that have quickly become part of the everyday language as people adapt to living with the threat of coronavirus: community transmission.

Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

Journalist

I've been part of the Canberra Times since 2016, after reporting at local papers in Sydney's north-west. Since starting at the paper I've had stints on the Sunday Times, on the early morning breaking news round, and now as a general reporter, covering the ins and outs of anything and everything happening in Canberra, with a focus on health.

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