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Victoria will enter stage three lockdown tonight with schools closed and only five reasons to leave home - as a Covid cluster grows to 26 with 11 new cases overnight.
Panic buyers have stripped Melbourne s supermarket shelves of toilet paper - with shoppers posting pictures of empty shelves just minutes after it was announced the state would go into lockdown.
Melbourne lockdown looms as cluster of cases spikes again
(Photo / AAP) Thu, 27 May 2021, 11:02AM
Speculation is mounting that Melbourne will be forced back into lockdown, after the latest cluster increased by 11 cases overnight.
The state s health authorities spent the night debating whether to impose a lockdown of up to seven days. It would be the fourth time Melbourne has been placed in a lockdown.
Victoria s Covid-19 outbreak has risen significantly overnight, with the state s cluster now at 26 cases.
One of the 12 cases confirmed by the Department of Health was reported on Tuesday, meaning there were 11 new infections recorded overnight.
There has been ongoing speculation about whether parts of the state will be plunged into a lockdown today, with some reports suggesting a five or even 10-day lockdown could be on the cards.
Acting Victorian premier James Merlino has refused to give a straight answer about why Victoria is the only state going into a fourth lockdown when he was grilled by journalists at a press conference on Thursday.
Mr Merlino, who is replacing Daniel Andrews while he recovers from a back injury, was continually asked why Victoria was enduring yet another round of tough restrictions as the rest of the country remains open.
Victoria will enter a stage 3 lockdown from Thursday midnight that will last for seven days with schools closed and only five reasons to leave home - as a Covid cluster containing the highly infectious Indian strain grew to 26.