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Two “likely” cases detected on Monday morning have now been confirmed positive results. A further two family members have since tested positive, it was revealed in the afternoon. The four cases include two men, a woman and a preschool-aged child who are relatives from Whittlesea and live across two households. Speaking at a press conference on Monday afternoon, Victorian health Minister Martin Foley urged Melburnians not to be complacent. “We all have our role to play here, to step up,” he said. “This is not a time to be complacent.” It has now been revealed the first case, a man,...

Melissa Cunningham, Ashleigh McMillan, David Estcourt21:41, May 24 2021 Darrian Traynor/Getty Images Covid-19 testing takes place at a pop-up clinic in Melbourne, Australia as four new cases were announced and there’s a hunt for a missing link. Despite four new community cases of Covid-19 in Melbourne, New Zealand will not be suspending flights to the Victorian capital, the Ministry of Health has announced. However, testing and isolation will be required for those who have been in any of the locations of interest in Melbourne - including those who have travelled back to New Zealand in rece...

Melissa Cunningham, Ashleigh McMillan, David Estcourt19:08, May 24 2021 Darrian Traynor/Getty Images Covid-19 testing takes place at a pop-up clinic in Melbourne, Australia as four new cases announced and there’s a hunt for a missing link. The confirmation of four new Covid-19 cases in Melbourne has sent thousands of people in Australia into isolation for two weeks as authorities concede there may be a missing link between the new outbreak and a positive case in the city a fortnight ago. Highpoint Shopping Centre in Maribyrnong in Melbourne’s west and a swim school in the northern suburb...

Melissa Cunningham10:04, May 25 2021 Victorian contact tracers are working to identify missing links in a growing coronavirus cluster in Melbourne’s northern suburbs as Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton warns that one of the infected people had been moving around the community with a high viral load. Epidemiologists said one or more undetected cases could have spread the virus beyond the northern suburbs, but Victoria’s Health Minister Martin Foley did not seek to tighten restrictions on Monday or declare a lockdown. The trans-Tasman bubble remains open for now and the New Zealand Minis...

Victorian health officials have blamed a receipt for its coronavirus bungle, which saw Melburnians ordered to get tested weeks after the city’s last case.