“This hyper-infectious variant is moving at hyper-speed,” Mr Andrews said.
“This is a short, sharp blast – the same as we’ve seen in Queensland and Western Australia – that will give us what we need to get ahead of this faster moving virus. We will be able to smother this.”
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The rules will be in line with the stage four restrictions in place last year, meaning there are only four reasons to leave the home: shopping, essential work, two hours of exercise and care and caregiving.
No visitors will be allowed into any private residence, and exercise and shopping will be limited to within 5 kilometres of home.
Victoria’s public health team is under pressure to explain why contact tracers took too long to get in touch with people exposed to the rampant British variant.
Another worker at Melbourne's Holiday Inn quarantine hotel has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases linked to the outbreak to 11.
SA closed its border to Greater Melbourne on Wednesday.
Two new cases of COVID-19 have been linked to Melbourneâs Holiday Inn Airport outbreak, bringing the total number of cases in the cluster to 11 people.
A driver has died in a crash involving three trucks near the Victoria-SA border checkpoint.
The Australian Medical Association has slammed poor PPE standards and the fact a nebuliser was allowed into quarantine hotel.
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An outbreak linked to the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel has grown to 11 cases, as the government warns the response to the breach is still in the âopening quarterâ.
Victorian Health authorities announced two new cases - both household primary close contacts of hotel workers - at 1pm on Thursday, as health experts renewed demands that hotel quarantine workers get personal protective equipment on par with staff in high-risk COVID-19 hospital wards.