Premier Daniel Andrews has questioned New South Wales’ containment of its coronavirus outbreak, labelling it a “second wave” as he escalated restrictions so Victorians north of the border cannot return home from Wednesday. covid19 lockdowns bordercl...
Victorians in red zones, as defined by Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton, were previously allowed to complete their 14-day quarantine at home.
Asked if he would like NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to introduce a ring of steel around Sydney and the neighbouring areas that are in lockdown, Mr Andrews said “that’s entirely a matter for them”.
But Associate Professor Trauer, from the epidemiological modelling unit at Monash University, warned the two-week ban probably won’t be long enough. “This means any case drifting across [from NSW] will have the potential to cause an epidemic in Victoria.” In a sign of Victorian contact tracers’ difficulty in extracting information from the Sydney removalists who sparked the state’s largest cluster, another exposure site emerged on Tuesday, with a BP roadhouse in the western Victorian town of Nhill confirmed as a tier-two location.
Most of Tuesday’s new cases are linked to the outbreak at the Ms Frankie cafe in Cremorne, where a further three staff members, two patrons and two household primary contacts had tested positive for the virus.Credit:There were two new cases at Trinity Grammar, two household contacts of an MCG case, one from the group that toured Phillip Island and a mystery case at Roxburgh Park, believed to be connected to the City of Hume outbreak.
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