Panic buyers have stripped some Melbourne supermarket shelves bare despite the city not going into lockdown after its latest Covid cluster, as residents warned next 24 hours critical .
The Covid-19 outbreak in Melbourne could have been spread interstate after health authorities confirmed a virus carrier attended sporting fixtures involving a New South Wales team.
Barkly Square in Brunswick, in Melbourne s north, is now a Tier 2 exposure site
The Covid-positive person visited Priceline, OPSM, Kmart and Woolworths
They were at the complex on Saturday May 22 between 1:15pm and 2:30pm
There are more than 50 exposure sites across Melbourne and regional Victoria
Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino says the next 24 hours will be critical
A concerning coronavirus cluster in Melbourne has now climbed to nine cases
Contact tracers are scrambling to track down the mystery link of infection
Latest cases are of the double mutant Indian strain, which is hyper-infectious
Three infected cases over-50 had not been vaccinated, despite being eligible
There are 43 venues on the outbreak s exposure list as of Wednesday morning
Alert issued after infected case attended the AFL game at the MCG on Sunday