More than 130 close contacts have also been identified on a Jetstar flight JQ523 that the man took from Sydney at 5.30pm on June 20, to Melbourne Airport Tullamarine. More than 60 primary close contacts are linked to the business but no further cases have so far been found. The second case was a workplace contact at a dry-cleaning business in Sandringham. The first case attended his daughter’s West Hoxton birthday party in Sydney on June 19 before flying home to Oakleigh. It followed the discovery of two Covid-19 cases linked to the NSW outbreak last Thursday - the same day Victorian authorities announced changes to restrictions as it continued to ease out of lockdown from its own outbreak weeks earlier. One Monday Victoria introduced significant changes to its border restrictions for those coming from parts of NSW, Western Australia and Queensland. Theatres were supposed to resume 100 per cent capacity from Friday, while outdoor stadiums were set to increase to 85 per cent capacity.īut Health Minister Martin Foley said there would be no increase this week, due to the “volatile” national situation, urging Victoria’s current position was “worth protecting at all costs”.
The nationwide growth of covid cases has seen Victoria hold back on easing its restrictions further.
Picture: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images Restrictions also apply to other areas of the state.Īll of greater Sydney is now in lockdown for two weeks. On Saturday, authorities extended a lockdown to all of Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour, for two weeks until 11.59pm Friday, July 9. The week before there were just 29 cases. In just one week 137 cases were discovered from Tuesday, June 22 until 8pm June 29.
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In less than two weeks, locally acquired covid infections have grown to 188 cases since June 16, when the first case in a limousine driver was reported. The only Australian states that have so far remained covid-free are Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). However, travel will resume with South Australia, ACT, Tasmania and Victoria on July 5. New Zealand on Saturday also announced it would pause a travel bubble with Australia for at least three days. Sydney’s outbreak continues to grow but there are also concerns around a Northern Territory mine worker who may have exposed hundreds of workers who have since travelled back to other states, as well as a Sydney-based flight attendant worked on five services while potentially infectious. States across Australia are grappling with Covid-19 cases with four jurisdictions announcing lockdowns amid concerns over more infectious Delta cases.
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