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Victorian health authorities hope genomic sequencing will establish the source of four new COVID-19 cases among a family in Melbourne s north.
The family cluster - involving a man in his 30s, a man in 70s, a woman in 70s and a pre-school aged child from three households in the Whittlesea area - emerged on Monday.
Health Minister Martin Foley said there was no indication the infections were linked to exposure sites visited by a Victorian man who contracted coronavirus in South Australian hotel quarantine.
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Victorian COVID-19 case could trigger restrictions.
Victorian health officials haven t ruled out beefing up COVID-19 restrictions if there is evidence a Melbourne man infected others in the community.
The man, aged in his 30s, flew into Adelaide from India via the Maldives and Singapore on April 19 before Australia s flight ban began.
After completing quarantine at the Playford Hotel, he returned to his home in suburban Melbourne s Wollert early last week and developed symptoms on Saturday before testing positive on Tuesday.
Melbourne is back on COVID-19 alert after a man tested positive to the virus after being released from hotel quarantine in Adelaide.
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Australia-NZ travel bubble start to be revealed at 2pm AEST.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is set to reveal the start date for quarantine-free travel for Australians to Aotearoa.
Ms Ardern s cabinet will meet to sign off a plan to create the trans-Tasman bubble on Tuesday morning, before a 4pm local time (2pm AEST) announcement.
Australian and New Zealand borders have been shut to almost all non-citizens since March last year, with both countries requiring arrivals to spend a fortnight in quarantine before entering the community.