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Brewery, a club and another bar on high alert as five more new ‘high-risk’ exposure sites are named while Melbourne battles a growing Covid cluster
- There are more than 150 exposure sites across Melbourne and regional Victoria
- Victoria recorded four new cases of Covid on the first day of lockdown
- There are more than 150 exposure sites across Melbourne and regional Victoria
Five new exposure sites have been added to the growing list of places visited by a Covid-positive Melbournian amid the state’s worsening virus outbreak.
Victoria has recorded four new locally acquired cases on the first day of its seven-day, statewide lockdown.
Three Monkeys bar in Prahran, the Palace hotel in Melbourne‘s CBD, The Sunweb in Prahran, The Local in Port Melbourne and Sporting Globe in Mordialloc have been added to the high alert list on Friday.
Victoria has recorded four new locally acquired cases of coronavirus on the first day of its seven-day, statewide lockdown
Three Monkeys bar in Prahran, the Palace hotel in Melbourne ‘s CBD, The Sunweb in Prahran, The Local in Port Melbourne (pictured) and Sporting Globe in Mordialloc have been added to the high alert list on Friday
Five new exposure sites have been added to the growing list of places visited by a Covid-positive Melbournian amid the state’s worsening virus outbreak. Pictured: exposure site The Sporting Globe Bar and Grill
There are more than 150 exposure sites across Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Acting Premier James Merlino confirmed the new cases are linked to the City of Whittlesea cluster, which now stands at 30 cases.
There were also two new cases in hotel quarantine, bringing the total number of active cases in the state to 39.
A record 47,462 Victorians were tested in the 24 hours to Friday morning, while 17,223 received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
‘This is exactly the sort of numbers we want to see each and every day,’ Mr Merlino said.
The state’s COVID-19 Testing Commander Jeroen Weimar said 15,000 people were self-isolating after coming into contact with COVID-positive cases.
Some 1452 are considered primary close contacts.
Mr Weimar said said the five new exposure sites are ‘places where we expect to see significant numbers of people in close proximity, dancing, singing, doing what they do’.
One person caught the virus at the Sporting Globe in Mordialloc, making it the first case of community transmission in the outbreak.
Mr Merlino also revealed he would get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine later on Friday after the state opened up eligibility to Victorians aged 40 to 49.
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