Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn COVID-19 outbreak grows to 13 after another worker and two contacts test positive
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Another two individuals linked to Melbourne s Airport Holiday Inn have tested positive to coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the cluster to 13.
Key points:
There are now 13 positive cases linked to the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport outbreak
One of the positive cases had been in a wastewater catchment where coronavirus fragments were earlier detected
A list of coronavirus exposure sites was updated to include the Brunetti cafe at Melbourne Airport
Five million Melbourne residents are bracing for lockdown once again as a Covid-19 cluster grows to 13, with five new cases reported on Friday.
Victorian ministers held a cabinet meeting at 11.45am to discuss a five-day lockdown that could involve confining residents to their homes except for essential reasons and closing schools and businesses.
The restrictions are expected to come into play on Friday evening after Premier Daniel Andrews gives a press conference at 1pm.
A city-wide lockdown could see fans banned from the Australian Open with Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Aussie superstar Nick Kyrgios due to play on Friday.
Melbourne s worrying Covid cluster has now climbed to eight cases after two more positive tests linked to the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport were recorded on Wednesday.
The Victorian Department of Health and Human services announced a worker at the quarantine hotel is one of the cases and the other is a previous resident who exited the facility on February 7 .
Health authorities issued an urgent alert for two Melbourne banks where the infected returned traveller visited after being released from isolation on Sunday.
Melbourne s worrying Covid cluster has now climbed to eight cases after two more positive tests linked to the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport (pictured) were recorded on Wednesday.