Covid 19 coronavirus: Victoria numbers rise, new Sydney cluster spreads
31 Dec, 2020 12:22 AM
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NSW Government announces changes to Christmas restrictions in Sydney. Source: Sky News Australia
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By: Erin Lyons
Australia s coronavirus record is unravelling with 16 new cases today, 10 in NSW and 6 in Victoria.
Ten new virus cases have been revealed in New South Wales, with five linked to the northern beaches cluster.
Three are associated with the growing new outbreak in Croydon after several members of the same family tested positive yesterday, sparking fears the virus is spreading across Greater Sydney. One is a link to the transport worker cluster which we previously have spoken about and one is under investigation, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
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Victoria Records Three More COVID-19 Cases: Restrictions Reimposed
Another three locally acquired coronavirus cases have been identified in Victoria, on top of three women whose positive tests ended a two-month streak without infections.
The new cases are all close contacts of two women in their 40s and a woman in her 70s from Mitcham, Hallam and Mentone who were revealed on Wednesday night as having tested positive.
It’s believed all the cases are tied to outbreaks of the virus in Sydney.
The Mentone and Hallam women are from one family and were at the Smile Buffalo Thai restaurant in Black Rock at the same time as a close contact of the Mitcham woman and a New South Wales returned traveller, it was revealed on Thursday.
The first three cases in the Victorian outbreak are all linked with a transmission event that probably happened at the Smile Buffalo Thai restaurant at Black Rock on December 21.
Authorities suspect a Victorian traveller who had returned from Sydney was the likely source of the infection. That person is still in Victoria and has been tested for coronavirus. Their result was still pending on Thursday evening.
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As Melburnians queued for hours to get tested, the Andrews government closed the border to NSW, reintroduced mandatory mask-wearing indoors from 5pm on Thursday and simultaneously reduced the maximum number of people permitted to gather in a home from 30 to 15.
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