Australia update - Victoria bracing for lockdown extension. The lockdown was set to end on Thursday at 1159pm but continuos cases in the double digits could cause that date to be extended.

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We will not be ready to lift this lockdown at midnight tonight he told reporters.

Vic lockdown extension. 10 hours agoVictoria has recorded another double-digit COVID-19 increase as a decision over whether to extend Melbournes snap lockdown looms. Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the news on Monday morning after the state posted 16 new locally acquired infections. Victoria has recorded 20 new local cases of coronavirus on Wednesday as Melburnians await a decision about the citys lockdown end.
Melbournes lockdown has been extended for a further seven days but stay-at-home measures will lift in regional Victoria. Bus services cancelled as staff test positive to COVID-19 In order to lift the lockdown health authorities are looking for a run of days where positive cases have been in isolation. An extension to Melbournes lockdown is likely to be announced this morning as the states locally acquired cases.
9 hours agoCovid-19 coronavirus. Of the 20 new cases 15 have been linked to. An injection of 2825 million means 90000 Victorian businesses and sole traders will now share in up to 4843 million in support for the 12 days of the current vital public health action with automatic top-ups for the lockdown extension to be made in coming days.
12 hours agoMelbourne residents are braced for a lockdown extension with a decision to be made on whether stay-at-home orders will lift as planned this morning. Of todays new cases 15 have been linked to current outbreaks and five are still under investigation. Victorias senior ministers have been meeting daily during the states sixth lockdown and an announcement on the extension could come as soon as Wednesday.
Victorias snap lockdown has been extended. An extension to Melbournes lockdown is expected to be announced this morning and it is likely to continue for a while. An extension to Melbournes lockdown is likely to be announced this morning as the states locally acquired cases have risen by 20 today.
The lockdown was set to end on Thursday at 1159pm but continuos cases in the double digits could cause that date to be extended. Fifteen of the cases are linked to the outbreak and five are under investigation. The five reasons to leave your home will remain in place in Melbourne which includes shopping for food and supplies authorised work and study care and caregiving exercise and getting vaccinatedtested.
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An extension to Melbournes lockdown is likely to be announced this morning after Victoria health officials reported 20 new locally acquired Covid cases. Victorias lockdown will be extended beyond Tuesday night after the state recorded more new local COVID cases but Premier Daniel Andrews has not put a timeframe on when it lifts. Victoria has recorded 20 new local cases of coronavirus on Wednesday as Melburnians await a decision about the citys lockdown end.
Australias Victoria state registered 20 new locally acquired cases of coronavirus on Wednesday. On Wednesday the health department confirmed there had been 20 cases in the 24 hours until midnight. Victoria has recorded another 11 new locally acquired cases of Covid-19with none in quarantine throughout their infectious period.
Figure likely to trigger Victoria lockdown extension. Of the 20 new locally acquired cases 15 were linked to current. Due to the current level of community transmission of coronavirus in Victoria from the recent New South Wales NSW incursions the current lockdown will be extended and travel to Victoria using Red Zone Permits will be temporarily paused to ensure we run this Delta outbreak to ground.
Victorias lockdown has been extended by seven days as health authorities battle an outbreak of the Delta strain of COVID-19. In view of surge in cases the authorities are mulling the extension of lockdown restrictions to.
MELBOURNE Australia AP Melbourne Australias second-largest city will begin its third lockdown on Friday due to a rapidly spreading COVID-19 cluster centered on hotel quarantine. Police said a number of incidents will be criminally investigated including the assault of a police officer where offenders allegedly pushed a police sergeant to the ground and kicked him.
Victorias Chief Health Officer has declared that the current restrictions in metropolitan Melbourne will remain in place until at least 1159pm Thursday 19 August to stamp out.

Lockdown melbourne. Hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters have taken to Melbournes streets hours after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a statewide lockdown fom 800pm on Thursday. The lockdown Melbournes sixth triggered an angry response from hundreds of people. Police have arrested at least 15 people and fine 16 others after mass protests in Melbournes CBD as the state goes into a sixth lockdown.
Fifteen of the new cases are linked to known outbreaks and 14 were in quarantine during their infectious periods. The five-day lockdown will be enforced across Victoria state to prevent the virus spreading from the state capital Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said. Victoria extends lockdown by seven days as it records 20 new cases.
Melbourne joins Sydney and Brisbane Australia s most populous and third-most populous cities respectively in locking down due to the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. 8 hours agoThe lockdown was set to end on Thursday at 1159pm but a rise in mystery cases triggered Premier Daniel Andrews to announce a seven-day extension of Melbournes lockdown. Of the new cases 15 are linked to current outbreaks and 14 have been in quarantine throughout their infectious periods.
Melbourne will remain in lockdown for another seven days as authorities scramble to investigate the source of five mystery cases among Wednesdays 20 new cases. Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state will lock down for seven weeks after eight new infections were detected in the city Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said. Initially slated to end at 1159pm this Thursday August 12 the lockdown restrictions will now remain in place until Thursday August 19.
In a press conference on Wednesday morning Premier Daniel Andrews announced Melbournes sixth lockdown will be extended. The identification of more community exposure to the virus raises the likelihood of an extension to Melbournes lockdown. Cases peaked at more than 700 a day and the city of 5 million remained shuttered for.
Melbournes lockdown will be extended for another seven days. 7 hours agoMelbournes lockdown will be extended by a week as Victoria records another 20 locally acquired coronavirus cases. Melbourne went through one of the worlds longest lockdownslast year.
In Melbourne you must only leave home for five reasons. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said the restrictions currently in place would not change. The lockdown in regional Victoria was lifted on Monday as infections remain contained within metropolitan Melbourne.
Due to the current level of community transmission of coronavirus in Victoria from the recent New South Wales NSW incursions the current lockdown across Melbourne will be extended for another seven days. 4 hours agoMelbourne extends lockdown as Sydney touts vaccine freedom We use cookies to personalize content and ads to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Scott McNaughton The Age Authorities are now increasingly concerned over the spread across the citys western suburbs.
It comes after the state recorded 20 new locally acquired cases of coronavirus. 10 hours agoVictoria has recorded 20 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases. Dubbo to enter seven-day lockdown as NSW records 344 new cases and two deaths.
12 hours agoNorth Melbourne during the citys sixth lockdown on Saturday August 6 2021. Melbourne schools are also likely to be closed during the snap lockdown with three schools already shut down due to teachers and students returning positive results. Victoria Covid update.
Protesters clash with police in Melbourne after snap seven-day lockdown announced Melbourne enters its sixth lockdown from 8pm on Thursday. 7 hours agoMelbournes lockdown will be extended by at least another week as Victoria records another 20 locally acquired coronavirus infections including another five mystery cases. The sources of five of the infections are.
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9 hours agoHealthcare workers administer coronavirus disease COVID-19 tests at a drive-through testing centre on the first day of a seven-day lockdown as.
