With soaring infections and compliance with restrictions wavering, academics say the key is to avoid red-line strain on hospitals

On Tuesday Victoria hit 1,763 cases. How did we get here? First, the Delta virus has now got its hooks well and truly into our population – we are not eliminating it from here. Once it gets into the casualised and essential workforce, multigenerational households, communities with English as a second language, lower socio-economic groups etc, it is very hard to stamp out.