Victoria’s stay-at-home orders have actually broadened.
Premier Daniel Andrews said at least 23 brand-new cases had been recognized in more than 12 households in 9 Flemington and North Melbourne public housing estates— a number which is expected to rise.
It comes as Victoria recorded its second-highest ever day-to-day boost in coronavirus cases, with 108 people detected with the infection over night.
This is what the brand-new lockdown means for residents of the tower blocks.
So, why have the towers been locked down?
Due to the fact that authorities are “exceptionally worried” that citizens there have been exposed to the virus and might have cases they haven’t yet found.
The towers are also full of a few of society’s most vulnerable people.
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The state’s Deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van Diemen stated the Federal Government was” not taking this, at all, gently”.
” We are exceptionally worried that there are lots of hundreds of people in these towers who have currently been exposed to the cases that we’ve discovered and potentially to cases that exist and that we have not found,” Dr van Diemen stated.
” This is not simply a matter of 23 to 30 odd people this is a matter of lots of hundreds who have currently been exposed and who might already be incubating.
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