How Melbourne’s virus outbreak has spread

By | May 26, 2021

* Case one – male in his 30s, tested Sunday, positive on Monday.

* Case two – male in his 70s, went with case one to be tested. Also tested positive. Same family but different household.

* Cases three and four – a woman in her 70s and a child. Relatives of cases one and two.

* Case five had a business meeting with case one. Case five is suspected of being the first to contract COVID-19 in the cluster.

* Cases six to nine are in different households to case five, but the same family.

* Cases 10 to 12 are workplace primary close contacts of case nine, at a finance firm in Port Melbourne.

* Case 13 is a contact of case one.

* Cases 14 and 15 are workplace contacts of case nine.

MELBOURNE EXPOSURE SITES

* The number of exposure sites has grown from 10 to more than 50 and includes the MCG

* Three inner-suburban sites on Saturday night and early Sunday morning are of particular concern to authorities – Three Monkeys and the Somewhere Bar in Prahran, and South Yarra’s Circus Bar.

* Exposure sites available at https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites

TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

* Greater Melbourne arrivals banned from 6pm on Wednesday. Returning SA residents and permitted essential travellers must enter 14-day quarantine.

* Anyone who has returned from Greater Melbourne since May 20 must isolate pending a negative test result. Tests on days one, five and 13.

QUEENSLAND

* Anyone who has been in the City of Whittlesea since May 11 will be turned away on arrival in Queensland from 1am on Thursday.

* Queensland residents and people with an exemption who have been in Whittlesea since that date will go into mandatory hotel quarantine.

* Any Greater Melbourne and Bendigo arrivals must fill out a travel declaration form confirming they have not visited any venues of concern.

* People now in NSW who have been in Victoria since May 12 should regularly check exposure site list.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

* All arrivals from Victoria required to get tested within 48 hours and isolate until they return a negative result.

* Arrivals who have visited exposure sites must self-isolate for 14 days and get tested on day two and 11.

* Air arrivals must continue wearing a mask when leaving the airport and cannot use public transport. The same rules apply to Victorian land arrivals upon entry.

* Ban on travel from high-risk areas, plus City of Whittlesea

* Anyone now in Tasmania who was in the area on or after May 6 should self-isolate until they obtain a negative test.

* Anyone in Canberra who has been in Victoria within the past 14 days advised to check list of exposure sites.

NORTHERN TERRITORY

* Testing and quarantine rules apply, depending on when travellers arrived from Greater Melbourne and which exposure sites they visited.

NEW ZEALAND

* Three-day suspension of travel bubble.

Australian Associated Press

Western Advocate – Health