2 April 2021 12:18pm
An unexpected detection of Covid-19 fragments in wastewater taken on 26 March has residents and recent visitors to Melbourne’s west on high alert.
Victorian Health authorities are urging anyone with coronavirus-related symptoms to get tested, regardless of how mind the symptoms might be.
Symptoms that require testing, include fever, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath and loss or change in sense of smell or taste.
While Victoria marks 34 days with no community transmission and only one active case of the virus acquired overseas, a warning has been issues for specific areas on certain dates.
Anyone that has been in:
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Arrests made after stabbing spree
The 19-year-old Langwarrin man sustained non-life-threatening stab wounds while at an address in Spencer Street, police say.
A 19-year-old Dandenong North man was also taken to hospital with critical injuries after the incident. The Langwarrin man and a 20-year-old Berwick man later checked into hospital just before 4am.
Three more teenagers presented at hospital in Werribee for treatment on non-life-threatening injuries.
On 12 March, eight people were arrested in relation to the alleged stabbings. Seven men aged between 18 and 20 were arrested, as well as a 16-year-old boy. The arrested people hailed from Langwarrin, Dandenong North, Cranbourne, Clyde North, Dandenong , Doveton, and Pakenham.