Two Victorians in isolation test positive to coronavirus after returning from NSW

Victoria’s COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar says two individuals who returned from New South Wales on crimson zone permits have since examined optimistic for COVID-19.

Each of these folks, who’re members of a household of 4 based mostly within the Hume native authorities space, have been isolating after getting back from the neighbouring state.

The Victorian authorities has additionally revealed an individual from Sydney with COVID-19 travelled to Victoria and South Australia whereas infectious final week.

The person was a member of a three-person shifting crew.

They arrived in Melbourne on July 8, delivered one set of furnishings to a home in Craigieburn within the Metropolis of Hume, collected some items at a house within the Metropolis of Maribyrnong after which left to go to Adelaide, arriving there on July 9.

The household from the Craigieburn home has already relocated interstate and its members are all isolating.

A member of the crew was contacted by NSW Well being on July 9 and instructed he was a major shut contact of one other case. He was examined on July 10 after returning to NSW and a optimistic end result got here again yesterday.

Mr Weimar stated he had acquired the information that one other crew member had examined optimistic.

He additionally revealed that of the 4 members of the family who had travelled again from NSW to their residence in the Metropolis of Hume, three had returned to Victoria by air on July 4 and the fourth returned by automotive on July 8.

“All of them examined damaging initially,” Mr Weimar stated.

“This highlights the significance of the crimson zone allow system.”

All of them travelled on applicable crimson zone permits, examined damaging and continued to isolate for the total 14 days.

NSW circumstances comply with 12 days of no native circumstances in Victoria

Well being Minister Martin Foley stated authorities would examine whether or not the removalist had the right permits to enter Victoria.

“This seems just like the third such incursion on account of this NSW outbreak. By the point we add it to the Sandringham cluster … and the Virgin airline case,” he stated.

“These are exactly the explanations our public well being workforce have taken the robust steps as they must set the more durable border restrictions.”

South Australian officers stated there have been three movers and up to now just one had examined optimistic. 

The South Australian household that was being moved was in touch with the boys for about 5 hours.

None of them have examined optimistic. 

The information comes as Victoria has recorded its twelfth straight day of no new native COVID-19 circumstances.

The efficient closure of the border with New South Wales and the ACT additionally got here into impact final night time.

There have been 19,239 take a look at outcomes acquired yesterday, and 12,005 doses of vaccine have been administered at state-run websites.

Yesterday, Victoria’s Appearing Chief Well being Officer introduced all of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory would change into a crimson zone underneath the state’s journey allow system.

The adjustments got here into impact from 11:59pm on Sunday.

It means the Victorian border is successfully closed to New South Wales and the ACT – apart from Victorian residents returning on a crimson zone allow for 14 days of quarantine — and for folks with exemptions.

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ACT pushes again towards restrictions

The Chief Minister of the ACT, Andrew Barr, stated he was pissed off by Victoria’s choice to close its border to Canberrans.

Canberra has not recorded a neighborhood COVID-19 case in a 12 months.

Mr Barr has referred to as for all states to take away restrictions on the ACT as quickly as doable.

Mr Foley stated the ACT did not have a complicated allow system like Victoria and was surrounded by regional New South Wales, leaving it weak to folks travelling by.

Deakin College epidemiologist Catherine Bennett stated well being authorities have been proper to attend earlier than making a call on closing the border.

“It most likely would have been too pre-emptive in case you closed the borders when you haven’t any sign that you’ve even publicity websites exterior of Sydney, not to mention potential circumstances,” she stated.

“The case numbers have been nonetheless decrease than they’re in these final couple of days the place they’ve actually spiked as much as 77 circumstances a day.”

State authorities assaults Commonwealth over monetary assist

Deputy Premier James Merlino fired a shot on the federal authorities over monetary assist for companies affected by the lockdown in New South Wales.

Mr Merlino stated it was good that individuals in NSW have been getting the assistance that they wanted, but it surely should not have been so laborious for Victoria when it was in an identical state of affairs.

He described the the federal authorities’s place on monetary assist on the time as “disgraceful”.

“We needed to struggle so rattling laborious in Victoria, each myself, the Treasurer, our officers speaking to the Commonwealth to get a response,” Mr Merlino stated.

“They [the Commonwealth] initially refused to provide any assist in any respect. We obtained some marginal assist and we welcomed it.”

Public transport within the highlight

In the meantime, Victorians are being provided an incentive to register their Myki public transport playing cards to assist contact tracers.

From at the moment, the primary 60,000 folks to register their Myki card will obtain a $10 credit score.

Public Transport Victoria stated it might take as much as 40 days for the credit score to seem in accounts.

Victoria’s Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Jacinta Allan, stated the state authorities was additionally near establishing a QR code system for public transport.

QR codes have been made obligatory for all companies on the finish of Might, however Ms Allan was compelled to defend why it had taken so lengthy for them to be launched on public transport.

“It is about ensuring we get the rollout proper as nicely,” she stated.

“We’re completely pedalling actually laborious now to get these QR codes rolled out. They’re already at 440 precedence places throughout the state. We’re rolling them out throughout tram stops, trains, trams and buses.

“There’s tens of 1000’s of particular person rolling inventory that they have to be utilized to. It is an essential precedence.”

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