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Victorian testing site closed after staff member contracts COVID-19 on first day out of lockdown A Victorian COVID-19 testing site has been closed for deep cleaning after it was revealed a staff member worked two days while possibly infectious. Brianna McKeeDigital Reporter July 28, 2021 - 10:23AM Health Minister Martin Foley has revealed a staff member at a testing site has tested positive to COVID-19 after being infectious in the Victorian community for two days. The new infection was not inc...

Advertisement A decision on which restrictions will be eased on Wednesday is still to be finalised after the state recorded 11 new locally acquired cases of coronavirus. “As we stand here today nothing has yet been finalised,” Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley said on Monday. “But we are mindful of the need, as soon as possible … to share that with the people of Victoria.” He said the state was “on the right track” but that health authorities would be waiting on testing resul...

Advertisement For a few years now, the principal of Melbourne’s Xavier College, William Doherty, has wanted to do something meaningful beyond apologising to students whose lives have been irreparably damaged by sexual abuse perpetrated at the school in the past. But with the involvement of lawyers, insurers and religious orders desperate to minimise damage and bad publicity, Xavier had, at times, been “stuck in a culture of fear”, Mr Doherty said. This had stopped it connecting with and s...

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said a “ring of steel” should be put around Sydney after New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a national emergency at a crisis cabinet meeting as NSW cases climbed to 136. She said, it is “fairly apparent” the state will not be close to zero by next Friday. The Victorian Premier told journalists on Friday that NSW have “got a very significant challenge”. “Many cases, and many of those cases were out and about for the entirety of thei...

Victoria May Quash New COVID-19 Outbreak After Fifth Lockdown Takes Hold Victoria has gone from only six per cent of new coronavirus cases isolating while infectious to 92 per cent in just three days. Health Minister Martin Foley revealed the figures on Thursday’s COVID update, praising Victorians for following the rules of the state’s fifth lockdown. There were 26 new locally acquired cases of coronavirus on Thursday, all linked to the current outbreak, which originated in NSW and now tota...

People wearing face masks walk through Melbournes Southbank on 16 July. Photo: AFP As of Tuesday night, there were three people in hospital with Covid-19 in Victoria. There were a record 59,355 test results received yesterday, and 18,099 doses of vaccine were administered at state-run sites. The ABC also understands a mystery case that emerged yesterday at Roxburgh Park has now been linked to a known outbreak. Health authorities said yesterday the 20-year-old woman had potential social links ...

Advertisement The state government is pumping another $282 million into its business support package as Victoria prepares for the second week of its latest COVID-19 lockdown. Business Minister Martin Pakula said on Wednesday that pubs, clubs and other licensed venues will now be eligible for new payments of $4200 on top of the $3000 available for the first five days of lockdown. Other businesses eligible for the state payments can claim another $2800 in addition to the $2000 made available last...

Foley said the state government’s decision to isolate the secondary contacts of primary close contacts of Covid-19 cases was paying off, with half of the new infections reported on Wednesday being household contacts of primary close contacts. Over 18,000 primary close contacts and over 10,000 secondary close contacts are currently isolating across the state. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning “If Victoria wasn’t managing those secondary ...

Advertisement Victoria’s lockdown will be extended by a week as the state government tightens restrictions on people returning from NSW red zones and records nine new cases in addition to four revealed on Monday. Announcing the seven-day extension on Tuesday, the day the original snap five-down lockdown was set to end, Premier Daniel Andrews said the state needed more time to avoid an outbreak on a scale similar to Sydney and NSW but that no major changes would be made to the existing public ...

Advertisement Victoria’s lockdown will be extended for a further seven days, with no change to public health rules. Announcing the length of the extension on Tuesday, the day the lockdown was originally forecast to end, Premier Daniel Andrews said the state needed more time in lockdown to avoid an outbreak on a scale similar to Sydney and NSW. The lockdown has been extended until next Tuesday at 11.59pm. “As promising as our progress has been avoiding a New South Wales style long, lengthy, ...