Two people in the Australian state tested positive late yesterday after returning from New South Wales on red zone permits, and one more in the household of four tested positive this morning, Premier Daniel Andrews said.
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews Photo: William West / AFP
They are a family based in Hume, Melbourne. One of the cases is listed as being acquired interstate.
"We're very confident we've got our arms around that and those people are in iso and they've been doing the right thing," Andrews told 3AW Radio.
"We'll be able to manage that. There will be some exposure sites. I'd ask people to have a look."
The Victorian government yesterday also revealed two people from Sydney working as house movers tested positive after returning to New South Wales.
They were in Victoria on 8 and 9 July. An apartment building they worked at in Maribyrnong has been placed into isolation for 14 days.
"Out of an abundance of caution that complex will be locked down," Andrews said.
"That will be really very inconvenient for the people who live there but we can't take any risks with this Delta variant. It's very, very infectious."
A letter from health officials was sent to the residents of the apartment complex, explaining that anyone in the building at the same time as the infected movers must quarantine for two weeks.
It is a tier one exposure site.
Those who were in the building in the following days, must get tested and isolate until they get a negative result.
Other tier one exposure sites include Coles at Craigieburn Central, in Melbourne's north, and a petrol station and fast food restaurant on the Western Freeway at Ballan.
Tier 1 exposure sites mean people should get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days regardless of the result.
Tier 2 means people should get tested and isolate until receiving a negative result, while people who have been at Tier 3 locations should closely monitor for symptoms and get tested immediately if symptoms appear.
There were 24,470 test results received in the state yesterday, and 14,384 doses of vaccine administered at state-run sites.
There are currently 20 active cases in Victoria.
- ABC
