During the Swine Flu epidemic some nursing homes went into lockdown but not schools.Also Australia did not close our borders though before planes were allowed to deplane pax Custom Officers checked the cabins and thermal imaging was used.
Unlike other flu epidemics the Swine flu affected mainly the under 65s.The highest rates usually in the 0-17 age group.Australia usually only tested severe cases so figures not reliable.but the NZ figures were 0-17-20% infected, 18-64- 7% ,Over 64 - 1%.
Officially Australia had 191 deaths but some estimated 1600 deaths as in this report from the Lancet.
BACKGROUND: 18,500 laboratory-confirmed deaths caused by the 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 were reported worldwide for the period April, 2009, to August, 2010. This number is likely to be only a fraction of the true number of the deaths associated with 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1. We aimed...
zenodo.org
the break up of cases and deaths.
en.wikipedia.org
And just to show that some never learn from their mistakes was the case of the Pacific Dawn.
"SYDNEY (AFP) – Australian authorities defended a decision to let 2,000 passengers off a cruise ship where there was a suspected swine flu outbreak, as the confirmed cases here more than doubled in 24 hours.
Despite suspicions a number of people on board the Pacific Dawn liner were suffering swine flu more than 2,000 passengers were allowed to return to the community Monday and told to self-quarantine for seven days.
A total of 14 passengers have since been diagnosed with the deadly virus, with 172 people on board showing flu-like symptoms or reporting contact with someone who did."