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Psychiatric wards at two Melbourne hospitals have been locked down and contact tracing is underway after a worker tested positive to COVID-19.
Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed Victoria s new locally acquired case on Monday is a woman who attended a family function with a COVID-infected hotel quarantine worker on 6 February.
The woman is asymptomatic and was tested four times at the weekend, returning both negative and weak positive results. Given her exposure and the variability of those results, the public health team have taken the most conservative approach and have deemed her a positive case, Mr Andrews told reporters.
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Authorities are yet to rule out an extension to Victoria s five-day circuit breaker lockdown, as the state records one new locally acquired case of COVID-19.
Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday confirmed the case is a woman who attended a function with an infectious hotel quarantine worker on 6 February.
The woman is asymptomatic and was tested four times at the weekend, returning both negative and weak positive results.
Her three-year-old child tested positive on Sunday. Given her exposure and the variability of those results, the public health team have taken the most conservative approach and have deemed her a positive case, Mr Andrews told reporters.
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Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chief Executive Paul Guerra is urging the state government to provide support to industries directly affected by the lockdown.
For many businesses, the Valentine’s Day weekend, which also saw the return of crowds at Flemington Racecourse, crowds at the Australian Open, Chinese New Year celebrations and countless weddings and functions that were due to be held following last year’s delays, was going to be their busiest in a year.