From 6pm Tuesday, private gatherings in households will be limited to five people, with public gatherings limited to 30 people in the area. Face masks must be worn indoors unless there’s an exemption in place. Schools and workplaces remain open.
Four community cases were reported by Australian authorities on Monday night. They are two men, a woman, and a preschool-aged child who are all relatives from Melbourne’s outer suburb of Whittlesea. They live in different households.
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An investigation and contact tracing is underway in Melbourne following some community cases of Covid-19 appearing. On Tuesday, Merlino said one more person, a man in his 60s, had tested positive for Covid-19 overnight. He is a contact of one of the cases. However, the man is believed to have developed symptoms before the other four cases, and as a result, was a “possible source case”.
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It’s a telling fact that if you were an eligible older Victorian it was easier to get a coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday than it was to queue for a test.
Experts have been warning for months that new outbreaks are inevitable in Australia, yet a collective complacency has us sleepwalking into another potential disaster.
The mass vaccination clinic at Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building is open to the public, but not everyone who is eligible has been rushing to receive the jab.
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It’s a script Victorians should be familiar with by now. On Monday morning news came of the state’s first locally acquired coronavirus cases in 86 days. By Tuesday afternoon we had nine cases on our hands, and concern that we could have had at least one person infectious in the community from May 15, more than week before the cluster was detected.
Melbourne s cluster hit five on Tuesday after a man in his 60s tested positive
It is believed the infections came from a man who quarantined in South Australia
Authorities say commuters on the Cragieburn line may have spread the virus
Deputy Premier announces new restrictions for Melbourne after fifth case
Outdoor gatherings are restricted to 30 while schools/workplaces stay open