Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley reported the state had 10 locally acquired COVID-19 cases overnight and also announced a direct link had been found to the New South Wales cluster.
Mr Foley said the locally acquired cases were all linked to Victoria's Black Rock cluster.
“Two of these include the New South Wales cases that the NSW colleagues announced but are now back in Melbourne, completely appropriately, and are isolating here,” Mr Foley said.
“I can also confirm that genomic sequencing results have been received from the samples from the Victorian outbreak that has established that they are directly linked to the NSW cluster.”
The results came from 18,337 tests conducted in the state.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Australian couple fined $40k for fleeing airport break their silence
2 Jan, 2021 07:01 PM
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By: Andrew Bucklow
The two people who allegedly fled from Melbourne Airport after being told they d have to do 14 days of quarantine have apologised for their actions.
Terry Elford, 26, and his wife Debbie Elford, 24, arrived in Melbourne on Friday morning on a flight from Canberra.
It s claimed they then fled the airport.
Victoria Police spokeswoman Belinda Batty told the Herald Sun: They were spoken to by authorised officers and informed they would be required to quarantine for 14 days as per current CHO directions.
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As Melburnians prepare for a drab New Year s Eve devoid of fireworks, with limits on numbers gathering in homes and police patrolling the streets in search of social distancing infractions, spare a thought for the residents of Sydney.
While Victoria cancelled its annual fireworks display months ago, Sydney has always promised to push ahead with its famous harbour-front display. But on Monday, Premier Gladys Berejiklian made sure the first moments of 2021 will be like so much of 2020: performed without an audience.
In the wake of the northern beaches outbreak, which rumbled along with five new infections on Tuesday, the Premier shut down all public access to the Sydney Harbour foreshore. Like people from Melbourne, Sydneysiders will have no choice but to settle in front of the TV for its fireworks fix on Thursday night.
Victorians receive conflicting advice from health authorities after returning from NSW
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Victorian health authorities have clarified their messaging on coronavirus rules, after people who arrived in the state from New South Wales were told to self isolate when they didn t need to.
Key points:
Victorians have gone into self isolation when not needed