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Covid-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar indicated interviewing the movers had been âcomplex and challengingâ.
The Australian state of Victoria recorded one new Covid-19 case on Tuesday as residents of an apartment complex in Melbourne’s north-west were told to quarantine for 14 days. The new case is linked to a Victorian family of four in the City of Hume, in Melbourne’s north, and has been in isolation. Two of the family members were announced as positive coronavirus cases on Monday. Three members of the family flew into Melbourne from Sydney (which is in lockdown) on July 4 on a red permit, meaning they were required to self-isolate for 14 days and get tested, while a fourth drove back to Melbourne on July 8.
13 July 2021 9:51am
Greater Sydney and the surrounds could remain in lockdown for weeks as authorities battle to deal with the dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases after 112 new NSW cases were reported on Monday, 84 in southwest Sydney.
NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro warned “we haven’t hit the peak” and indicated that lockdown would be extended as people entered their third week of restrictions.
A joint NSW and federal government relief package to help people and businesses is set to be announced on Tuesday, with federal government COVID disaster weekly payments to reportedly rise to $600 a week, up from $500, for those who have lost 20 hours of work or more with JobKeeper-style payments expected for businesses.
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