Urgent wastewater testing is being conducted on the South Coast after a Victorian family holidayed in the area last month before testing positive to COVID-19.
Victoria s snap-seven day lockdown is set to be extended for up to two weeks
Policymakers and health officials held late-night crisis talks on Tuesday
Victoria recorded six locally acquired cases on Wednesday from 51,033 tests
The rapidly-spreading outbreak has now climbed to 60 locally-acquired cases
Yet another vulnerable aged care facility is quarantined after being exposed
NSW issued an urgent alert that a Covid-positive case travelled across NSW
COVID-19 testing on the NSW South Coast has ramped up after a potentially infectious person visited Jervis Bay recently but no new cases have been detected in the state.
Up to 250 residents in New South Wales have been forced into isolation after a man who tested positive for COVID-19 visited several locations in the state’s south last month.
Of the 243 people deemed by contact tracers as close contacts, 129 are in relation to Trapper’s Bakery in Goulburn, 55 to Cooked Goose in Hyams Beach and 41 to Jervis Bay’s Green Patch campground.
A further 11 close contacts are in connection to Coles in Vicentia while seven people are connected to Shell Coles Express Big Merino in Goulburn are also currently self-isolating.
Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant confirmed ‘stop and stay’ provisions have been put in place requiring contacts to isolate and get tested until further advice is provided by NSW Health. NSW health officials continue to work with their Victorian counterparts to determine the timing of the onset of illness.
“Clearly the situation in Victoria continues to evolve and it does highlight the fact we need people to come forward f