Victoria’s fourth COVID-19 lockdown is now underway as authorities urge people to get vaccinated to ensure this is the state’s last. The seven-day, statewide shutdown kicked in from midnight after a cluster of 26 cases of the Indian variant of the virus emerged in Whittlesea in Melbourne’s north. “The vaccine is really our only ticket… Read More »
Victorian authorities are contacting anyone who has arrived in the state from NSW following a COVID-19 scare. A security guard who worked at two quarantine hotels in inner Sydney tested positive for the virus on Saturday, despite having received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. A number of venues across the city have been… Read More »
Victoria’s five-day “circuit breaker” lockdown has ended, however authorities have warned more positive coronavirus cases linked to the Holiday Inn outbreak could emerge. From Thursday, schools, offices, restaurants and shops will be able to reopen, and people will be allowed to leave their home for any reason. Masks, however, will remain mandatory indoors and outdoors… Read More »
Victoria has recorded no new local coronavirus cases as thousands of people turned out to get tested after another hotel quarantine worker tested positive. The health department said 12,816 Victorians were swabbed at testing stations across the state on Monday, with no locally acquired cases reported in the past 24 hours. The health department also… Read More »
Victoria recorded 12 new coronavirus cases in the 24 hours to Sunday morning. There was one new death, after four days this week with no COVID-19 deaths in Victoria. The 14-day rolling average is 9.3, still above the key target that will trigger the state starting to leave heavy lockdown. The government has said the… Read More »
Victoria is inching closer to a much-anticipated “roadmap” out of lockdown despite an uptick in new COVID-19 cases creating a potential speedbump. Premier Daniel Andrews will announce separate pathways for how and when Melbourne and regional Victoria will come out of respective stage four and three lockdowns on Sunday. There is no confirmation yet that… Read More »