But Premier Daniel Andrews warned that Sunday's expected announcements about a mass reopening could hinge on testing results and new cases, with every single person connected to East Preston Islamic College and Croxton Special School being asked to get tested and isolate immediately, even if they do not have symptoms; both students and teachers and all the members of their households.
"We do hope to get to that point, but with so many thousands of tests that are still being processed, we need to see the results of those tests." The northern suburbs outbreak emerged this week after a year 5 student who should have been isolating as a close contact of his infected family members attended classes on Monday and Tuesday, before testing positive on Wednesday.
"He was thinking of leaving the area but I told him you’re still a part of our community," Mr Ozyurek said. "I told him to stay put and stay strong, for your family.A drive-through testing centre opened at East Preston Islamic College on Saturday.Dallas Brooks Primary School, in Dallas, has also been closed as a precautionary measure.Victoria's 14-day rolling average has fallen to 5.2, down from 5.8 on Friday. No further deaths were reported on Saturday.
"Sometimes I think it’s overwhelming for parents when calls come directly from the health department," he said. Pop-up testing sites continue to operate across Broadmeadows, Coolaroo, Craigieburn, Heidelberg, Greensborough, Preston and Fawkner. Rapid response testing teams and engagement teams have also provided testing and information at ‘The Mall’ and Malahang Reserve in Heidelberg with more than 80 people attending.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Is it not becoming clear that this virus is not going anywhere? Why did Dan's position change from flatten the curve to eradicate? Clearly still no faith in his own contact tracing team. Dan and ALL of his supporters should be held accountable for the damage to Victoria.
Seriously you have to ask how? !!! Is it really a break down in communication or people don’t give a .... about others!
Why don’t Muslims just follow the rules, FFS! Is it incompetence, blatant disregard for authority or just plain old stupidity!
Winter is Coming
Nobody cares about cases any more, it means absolutely nothing. ENDLOCKDOWNNOW
Victoria’s solution seems to be continuous lockdowns. There will be plenty of outbreaks until a vaccine is available. How is NSW managing to stay open and contain outbreaks?
The madness of this lockdown is beyond belief . One superspreader event and we are back at square one . This disaster is on dictator Dan .
When is Dan going to weld the doors of the infected families?
We will never get out of lockdown as Andrews has NO plan as to how we MUST learn to live with this virus😞 If DHHS still can’t handle this small number then this nightmare will never be over. Will we ever learn from NSW?
Back into Dan’s fallback position of lockdown, I guess? Shame our 2,000+ contact tracers can’t even handle 7 cases.
Obviously the mosques are still holding mass gatherings
Close off north Melbourne & let the rest of us out!!
Always in the Northern and Western suburbs. Why don't we just lock them down and let the rest of Melbourne get on with their lives. Oh, that's right, that's where all Andrews' voters live!!!
Watch this delay opening up next week. All due to “miscommunication”.
The Age doesn’t have any breaking news. Your journalists have no skills and are toothless tigers
Victoria is paying dearly for the incompetence of its Labor government. Voting has consequences
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