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Five main locations of concern connected to Victorian outbreak28/05/2021|6min There are five locations of particular concern related to Victoria’s COVID outbreak, according to Department of Health and Human Services Testing Commander Secretary Jeroen Weimar. "So we now seeing the significant risk in particular at those social venues, the bars and clubs, the exposure list there, and we are very keen to ensure that people who have been to those places at those times come forward very quickly," ...

No stone unturned in Victorian follow-up of COVID-19 case 04/02/2021|5min Victoria is taking a “very risk-averse approach” to the single coronavirus case which emerged on Wednesday according to Human Services Testing Commander Secretary Jeroen Weimar. Coronavirus restrictions have once again returned to Victoria after a worker linked to the Australian Open quarantine program returned a positive result, ending the state’s 28-day virus free streak. The 26-year old man from Noble Park who wo...

Login Nearly 3,500 Vic-NSW border exemptions in limbo as state seeks to accelerate process06/01/2021|7min Department of Health and Human Services Testing Commander Secretary Jeroen Weimar says 295 exemptions have been processed over the last few days allowing more Victorians to trickle across the border with New South Wales. There are nearly 3,500 exemptions which are still being processed with more than 30 people working on the approval process. A further mechanism to accelerate and streamline...

Victorians congratulated on ‘heroic effort’ to stamp out COVID-19 cluster03/01/2021|4min Department of Health and Human Services Testing Commander Secretary Jeroen Weimar has thanked Victorians who went for testing amid a statewide crackdown on a COVID-19 cluster linked to the Northern Beaches outbreak. “Every test is important in this environment and I thank everybody who is making such a heroic effort,” he said. Mr Weimar reminded Victorians to not become complacent despite a low tota...