When you look at the Bellarine Peninsula, which includes Geelong, the area is treated by the Victorian government as being regional for the purposes of coronavirus and the lockdown, but the Mornington Peninsula is being treated the same as metropolitan Melbourne. Based on the case numbers this doesn't make sense.
Whilst there is a large gap between the suburbs in the west to Geelong based on distance, the reality is the area is served by a major freeway that means the actual distance isn't as relevant. The Mornington Peninsula doesn't have the large open area, but should that make a difference.
I decided to bring up a map showing the coronavirus cases in Victoria for the last 50 days.
Map showing the number of cases by postcode for the last 50 days.
You can see from the map there's only been one case in the Mornington Peninsula and two cases in the Bellarine Peninsula. So effectively little difference in the number of cases when we take into account the population difference between the two areas.
There is no reason the Victorian government can't declare the Mornington Peninsula for the purposes of the coronavirus to be effectively the same as a regional area, just as the government included the regional area of Mitchell when it made sense to the government in July.
By treating the Mornington Peninsula the same as a regional area, that part of Victoria can start to return to normal. Right now however the Mornington Peninsula is open to anyone from an area that has had cases and lives or works within 25km. That doesn't seem fair to those who live in the Mornington Peninsula area. The Mornington Peninsula is covered by a single Local Government Area so it is a well defined area.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.Mapz.com.au/coronavirusvictoria/
PS. For those who wonder why I chose 50 days, it is because I only have 51 days of data and 50 was the nearest round number.
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