It's been 100 days since Australia's first COVID-19 case: here's how our lives changed completely

Illustration by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Illustration by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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As authorities gained more understanding of the new disease, what followed that first case was a series of unprecedented travel bans, lockdowns and restrictions that changed life as we know it.

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