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.
How Victoria will close its border to New South Wales by Saturday
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Victoria announces it will close its border to all of New South Wales from 11:59pm Friday.
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It s been barely a month since the border reopened between Victoria and New South Wales, but it will be shut again from
11:59pm on Friday, this time from the Victorian side.
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