The variety of coronavirus cases in Victoria continues to inch up as a paramedic tests positive to the infection and health authorities investigate a cluster at a meat processing plant.
Key points:
- 7 brand-new cases of coronavirus have actually been validated across the state considering that Friday, bringing the total to 1,371
- 8 more screening locations at shopping centres and retail websites have opened around Melbourne
- The State Government still plans to wait up until May 11 before evaluating physical-distancing restrictions
The unnamed Melbourne meat processing plant has actually been momentarily closed after 8 workers checked favorable to coronavirus, including three in the past 24 hours.
The ABC understands the center is an abattoir for the export market in Melbourne’s external suburbs.
At a press conference on Saturday morning, Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos stated the center was being thoroughly cleaned and all contacts of the coronavirus cases were being traced.
” I’m likewise recommended that there are no current issues about food safety,” Ms Mikakos stated.
Ms Mikakos did not provide the name of the meat processing center.
” The guidance that I have actually gotten is that a center will be named if there is a threat of neighborhood transmission occurring,” she stated.
Ms Mikakos stated 7 new cases had been verified across the state because Friday, bringing the overall to date to 1,371