Health by Mitch Clarke, Olivia Jenkins 26th May 2021 9:25 AM | Updated: 10:01 AM A lockdown could be looming as further six new cases of Covid-19 were announced on Wednesday, with a total of 10 new local infections uncovered on Tuesday. And a 15th case linked to the outbreak has just emerged on Wednesday morning. The government is now understood to be in frantic talks about the prospect of a snap lockdown after earlier ruling it out. It brings the state s active caseload to 24 after six cases were announced on Tuesday morning. Acting Premier James Merlino, Health Minister Martin Foley and chief health officer Brett Sutton are providing an update now.
While no lockdown was called on Wednesday, Merlino said the next 24 hours would be critical and vowed to provide updates as soon as he knew. The message this morning is it s good that everyone is linked at this stage but we are concerned about the number and also about the kind of exposure sites, he told reporters. The next 24 hours are going to be critical if we re going to have to make further changes beyond the changes we announced yesterday.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says authorities had run down multiple generations of transmission over the past 48 hours, which was fantastic - but warned exposure sites going back several days were a concern .
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