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Advertisement Acting Premier James Merlino said the spread of the outbreak was causing great concern, with more than 10,000 primary and secondary contacts identified Victoria s fourth lockdown might be its cruellest yet. While six million residents went about their lives under the impression Covid-19 was behind them, now confined to the dungeons of quarantine hotels, they have been shocked back to reality. Victoria is once again heading for stage 3 restrictions. While the MCG was pumping, bars and shopping centres humming, a covert wave of the virus has been spreading virtually undetected through the state for more than two weeks. The coronavirus cluster which began in Melbourne s north at the weekend expanded to 26 infections on Thursday, as residents were told they would be plunged into a seven-day lockdown from midnight. ....
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. ....
A picture of footy fans at Marvel Stadium has sparked fears Melbourne s Covid outbreak is only going to get worse. The Whittlesea cluster grew to 26 infections on Thursday morning, with 80 exposure sites spread across more than 30 Melbourne suburbs and Bendigo, Cohuna and Red Hill in regional Victoria. The MCG and Marvel Stadium are amongst the exposure sites and three bars in the inner suburb of Prahran remain a concern . A positive case went to the Essendon/North Melbourne AFL game at Marvel Stadium on Sunday, 23 May. Photos from the front of the venue and inside the concourse showed footy fans shoulder-to-shoulder as they walked through the stadium, causing concerns the virus could have spread rapidly through the crowd. ....
Port Park Cafe in Port Melbourne is considered a Tier 1 exposure site, however owner Charlie Nasr wasn t aware and continued business as usual for more than an hour. ....