Victoria s snap-seven day lockdown is set to be extended for up to two weeks
Policymakers and health officials held late-night crisis talks on Tuesday
Victoria recorded six locally acquired cases on Wednesday from 51,033 tests
The rapidly-spreading outbreak has now climbed to 60 locally-acquired cases
Yet another vulnerable aged care facility is quarantined after being exposed
NSW issued an urgent alert that a Covid-positive case travelled across NSW
In a press conference on Wednesday, Acting Premier James Merlino used strong and colourful language to describe coronavirus as he announced an extension of lockdown.
The decision was reportedly made at a late-night meeting between policymakers and health officials on Tuesday.
It comes as NSW Health issued an urgent alert warning that a confirmed case of Covid-19 from Melbourne was in Jervis Bay, Goulburn, Hyams Beach and Vincentia while potentially infectious on May 23 and 24.
A healthcare worker walks along a line of cars lined up at the Albert Park COVID-19 testing facility in Melbourne, Australia, May 27
Healthcare workers arrive to the Arcare Aged Care facility in Maidstone, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, June 1
NSW VENUES EXPOSED TO COVID
- Goulburn - Shell Coles Express Big Merino, 1/3 Sowerby Street: Monday 24 May, 10-11.30am.
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NSW Health officials are tracing the movements of a potentially infectious COVID-19 case who visited the Jervis Bay area from Melbourne on 23 and 24 May.
Victorian health officials notified NSW Health of the confirmed case who visited Jervis Bay, Goulburn, Hyams Beach and Vincentia.
The person reported the onset of symptoms on 25 May and was tested on Monday having driven back to Melbourne on 24 May.
⚠️PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT – JERVIS BAY⚠️
NSW Health has been advised by the Victoria Department of Health and Human Services that a confirmed case of COVID-19 from Melbourne was in Jervis Bay, Goulburn, Hyams Beach and Vincentia while potentially infectious on 23 and 24 May. pic.twitter.com/h6FKv177wU NSW Health (@NSWHealth) June 1, 2021
New South Wales has been put on high alert after an interstate traveller from Melbourne tested positive for Covid-19 one day after a 1,765km roadtrip through Jervis Bay and Goulburn.