Lockdown in the Australian state is expected to be extended beyond Thursday, as authorities reveal a positive Melbourne case travelled to New South Wales while potentially infectious.
One cabinet minister said there was growing concern within the government about airborne spread. A new mystery case or any more cases of “fleeting transmission” – where the virus spreads between strangers at exposure sites – would inevitably trigger an extension of the lockdown, the minister said.
Another minister, speaking to
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Ministers were being briefed on Tuesday evening about the options for the length of the extension – probably between three and seven days – and a final call will be ticked off on Wednesday morning in an effort to provide more certainty for families and businesses ahead of the weekend.
“This is stranger-to-stranger transmission,” COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said on Tuesday. “They don’t know each other’s names and that’s very different from where we’ve been before.”
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