Victorian coronavirus exposure site pubs take contact tracing into their own hands
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Stomping Ground said it went over and above the initial advice it received.
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Immunologist Shalin Naik was one of several punters at Collingwood brewery Stomping Ground the Monday after Christmas.
Just a week later, he received a text from the pub telling him he d attended at the same time as a confirmed coronavirus case but it would take another two days before health authorities reached out. It was a text addressed to the wrong name. Someone called Emma, instead of me, Dr Naik said.
Victoria has recorded 10 new locally acquired cases of coronavirus, including two cases that tested positive in NSW. The 10 cases doubles the 5 new locally acquired cases reported on Friday, the first day of 2021. It comes as a man and a woman from NSW allegedly fled from officers at Melbourne Airport after arriving on a flight from Canberra at around 11am on Friday. The 26-year-old man and 24-year-old woman normally reside in NSW. After being spoken to by officers at the airport they were informed they d have to quarantine for 14 days, at which point they allegedly ran from the officer, and were picked up by a vehicle that took them away from the airport.