Victorian tracers identify over 10,000 COVID contacts in Victoria

Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino has announced over 10,000 people will be required to quarantine, test or isolate amid Victoria’s latest outbreak. It comes as the state’s coronavirus cluster grew to 26 cases overnight following 40,411 tests and a fast-rising list of exposure sites. Locations of concern include the MCG, Marvel Stadium, an RMIT building and businesses in regional towns such as Bendigo. Mr Merlino said contact tracing teams had rapidly identified and locked down the first, second and third ring within 24 hours. “They have never done that before. That's the fastest our contact tracers have ever moved within a 24-hour period, identifying and locking down first, second, and third rings of cases,” he said. “But despite working as fast as this, and my thanks to all of our contact tracers, this variant is moving faster still.” A seven day circuit breaker lockdown has been announced by the Andrews government to give the state time to get on top of the escalating cases.

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