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Victoria has recorded no new local cases of coronavirus, as health authorities wait for more than 35 test results from close contacts of a positive case.

Covid 19 coronavirus: Victoria records no new community cases 13 May, 2021 01:07 AM 3 minutes to read Victoria recorded no new local Covid-19 cases today. Photo / 123rf news.com.au By: Jack Paynter and Rhiannon Tuffield Victoria has entered a critical two-day period that will determine the scale of any Covid-19 spread in the state, after a positive case in the community on Tuesday. The state recorded no new local cases today despite 84 people being deemed close contacts of a Melbourne man who tested positive after completing hotel quarantine in South Australia. Acting Premier James Merlino sa...

“We relied on people to use the QR system in good faith,” he said. “But with so many people not checking in last week, we worry that we can no longer rely on some people to be honest. We will now be asking them to leave.” The Curry Vault restaurant was listed as a high-risk public exposure site after a Melbourne man in his 30s, who tested positive to coronavirus, dined at the venue between 6.30pm and 9.30pm on May 7. The Wollert man had arrived in Australia on April 19 from COVID-ravaged India and caught the virus while quarantining in a South Australian hotel for 14 days.

Advertisement Six people who quarantined on the same floor of a South Australian hotel as a Wollert man who later tested positive to COVID-19 have started a second 14-day stint of isolation in Victoria. Victoria’s Health Department said the six individuals had stayed on level three of The Playford Hotel in Adelaide during a potential transmission period and were being tested for the virus. A coronavirus testing room at a quarantine hotel in Melbourne. Credit:Jason South Contact tracers have also located more primary close contacts of the Wollert man who tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesd...