Liverpool Hospital and Westmead Hospital in Sydney have been hit by Covid-19
A pregnant woman tested positive on Wednesday after cesarean at Liverpool
A doctor at hospital has also tested positive, forcing non urgent surgery to stop
Nurse in Westmead Hospital has caught virus and cleaners are refusing to clean
More than 70 paramedics have been forced into isolation as close contacts
Sydney s exposure sites surged past 400 as New South Wales recorded 97 new Covid cases on Friday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian held crisis talks about tightening Sydney s lockdown restrictions after 29 of those cases were out in the community for the entire time while infectious.
NSW Health said 49 of the infections are household contacts and 14 are close contacts. Sixty-seven (69 per cent) of the new cases were found in south-west Sydney.
Health officials also found 14 cases of Covid-19 in south-east Sydney in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday night and nine in the city s west.
There are now 18 patients suffering from the virus in intensive care wards across NSW and five of them are on ventilators.
Full membership to the Melbourne Cricket Club can take decades to obtain
A member who was infected with Covid-19 attended a match unaware he was ill
The virus spread to strangers within the members section of the MCG
The member had been infected by removalists from Sydney who ignored rules
MCC had implemented a series of restrictions to try and limit the spread of virus
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he is confident his state can get on top of its latest coronavirus outbreak in just five days, despite reporting six new cases on Friday.
Four cases were also reported on Thursday, bringing the state s total number of new cases to 10.
Mr Andrews on Friday announced weekly payments will be available for Victorian businesses and workers, with the cost to be shared by the state and federal governments.
The total number of cases linked to the current outbreak now sits at 24. There are 126 exposure sites, 1,500 close contacts and 5,000 secondary contacts.
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