Vic hotspot alerts over aged care worker

By | November 11, 2020

The woman in her 20s took off from Melbourne on Monday and is being treated as infectious by health authorities while in hotel quarantine.

Victoria’s health department has declared the CBD shopping precinct and airport high-risk coronavirus exposure sites.

Anyone who visited Melbourne Central last Sunday between 2pm and 5pm, or were at Melbourne Airport’s Terminal Four from noon to 1pm on Monday, are asked to get tested if symptoms develop.

It remains unclear whether the aged care worker is shedding the virus.

She previously tested positive for coronavirus in August before being cleared later that month.

Another two positive cases in Victoria are also likely to be viral shedding, but all three remain under investigation.

It came as Victoria declared its 12th day in a row without any new coronavirus cases or deaths on Wednesday.

In yet another sign of the state’s virus gains, Tasmania announced it would bring forward its planned reopening to Victoria by several days.

The island state was scheduled to drop its border restrictions with Victoria on December 1 but is now aiming for November 27.

Meanwhile, a fresh poll shows two-thirds of Victorians now believe the time is right for workers to return to COVID-safe offices.

Unmoved by public opinion, Premier Daniel Andrews declined to set a date for the return of workers into presently deserted office buildings.

Victoria’s virus death toll remains at 819 and the national figure is 907.

Australian Associated Press

Western Advocate – Health