"One of the reasons why the current restrictions ask us not to have households communicating with each other, or contacting each other, or sharing each other over this current phase of our restrictions is because of the inherent risks around that kind of contact and around close contact between different houses and this is what's been playing out within Casey," he said.
"We have been talking to youth groups ... and talking to frankly the entire community to ensure we get the clear message. Number one, you cannot and should not mix across different households." "I cannot rule out and none of us would rule out that there may not be additional cases beyond the 34. That's why it is so, so important if you have any symptoms at all ... come forward and get tested. That is how you keep it at 34 and not see the things spread out to 340."
"How big your house is, no matter how big your bank balance is, if you go visiting and you have this, you will take it with you. That is the key."He said the government would start door-knocking houses, as authorities did when clusters emerged in Broadmeadows in the city's north, if necessary. "They may be doing things like Uber driving … there is a financial imperative for them to keep going to work, or they don’t get paid," Dr Verma said.
"I just don't think that's a fair reflection of the very high level of awareness across the Victorian community." "We think that most of the cases are linked between contact between these households. But there has been visits to Fountain Gate and we are not aware of any links of transmissions in that setting, but obviously we want people to come forward for testing if they are unwell."The move to stamp out the outbreak in Melbourne's south-east comes after 28 cases were recorded on Thursday and 42 cases on Wednesday and Tuesday.
There are now 920 active cases in Victoria, including 30 cases in country areas where lockdown restrictions eased earlier this week."There is just one new case in regional Victoria, which I believe is in that Geelong corridor."
crazy people
The people who believe in a deadly pandemic and the dodgy tests kits are fools. Cases mean nothing. Dan Andrews is a puppet for Rockefeller's UN. He signed the police force to Strong cities. The rest of the world are actually waking up and questioning but not most Melbournians.
Absolutely disgusted about their selfish behaviour. Fine them all! It’s disgraceful they did the wrong thing when the rest of us have done the hard yards and done the right thing!
Bloody idiots!
What a load of crock. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 Bunch of clowns who believe this crap.
Most likely no masks, no sanitizer, no social distance between them
This is so infuriating. The fact these people think they are above the law is selfish. Some are now in hospital putting healthcare workers at risk and expecting to be taken care of when they caused the problem themselves😡
Wonder if they all got fined? That part was left out!
Next to know is what punishment these citizens are facing? DanielAndrewsMP $5k for leaving metro Melbourne, $50k for knowingly breaking the rules AND spreading the virus that has this entire state locked down? Seems fair.
Deport them.
Motorists should go home
It’s time for jail terms like WA these people are costing us businesses, jobs & freedom. Love Dan or hate him this situation is not his fault.
Why are they not being fined like everyone else for Covid breaches
We keep tip toeing around the same communities in name of multi culture, language barrier, etc etc they are taking the mickey out of the rest. No consequence will not help.
Dozy c...s
Hilarious these people avoid fines
How the hell does those lock downs escape restrictions when there have been police and army on board?
It’s terrible news. 👎🏻 Keep doing the right thing & the ring will shrink to where it needs too. 🤞🏼✌🏻
Why haven’t they been arrested and fined.
Too many sneaky untrustworthy people in Melbourne to allow dropping of restrictions. Sad but SO true. Find them all. Jail them if necessary. The general public’s thin veneer of law and order is pierced again!
People should do the right things so we can come out from the lock down soon .
Oh no
Let’s hope it stops at 34
How hard is it to do the right thing? HOW HARD IS IT!!! Charge them all for keeping us in lockdown longer and business losses
Gotta love the Muslim community
What drove the Aged Care Cluster please ?
This is the final test of whether the govt puts people's lives ahead of political correctness and minority interests
Have they been charged yet?
DeepSmoke2 Wouldn’t be that cultural enrichment mob would it ? Bet no fines get issued.
DeepSmoke2 Was it a lack of English, lack of hygiene or lack of civic responsibility that caused the spread?
The same people who think Dan is doing a good job would be Trump supporters if American
Oh no! Let’s go into stage 5 lockdown immediately!
This is just Gov propaganda
And are they sick? Are they dying? Or are they asymptomatic? Very mild happy people?
Dan Andrews when he heard this news.. haha, roadmap just got extended from Christmas till Easter.
I live in this area. I’ve done the right thing & will continue to. The sooner the government stops dodging the issue giving them an out for ‘cultural differences’ & language barriers as a reason the better. I see it every day with my own eyes & these communities know who the are.
The age. Still peddling fear. You are fake news and you are the enemy of the people. We will never forget your treasonous reporting. NWO is ded in the water. We are the news now.
DeepSmoke2 The number of bedwetters on this post is embarrassing
More absolute nonsense
Bloody idiots😡😷
Selfish fuckwits encouraged by the Age, the LNP and DimTim
Many of these people may not have symptoms. Shall we hang them for not using their crystal ball better Also the teats are very inaccurate. Many workers I know tested positive then 3 days later tested negative. So stop jumping to conclusions.
springst the LNP will surely furnish “stupid people” as ALP voters?
This is why lockdowns don't work. You can't control everything people do. Eventually someone will slip through the cracks.
Fake lying news to up the cases
Can they be deported ? And have their job keeper money refunded?
I find it staggering that news reporters are complicit in the corruption that is being exposed. Pedophilia, child trafficking, new world order, vaccines, manipulated Covid numbers. This all affects your future also! Corruption COVID__19 DanAndrews NWO
Melbourne seems to be full of Covidiots. When will they wake up?
Dan's right. There aren't large groups of people who don't know the rules. Of course they know. They're not stupid, their actions are deliberate. They may at some point kill. Sharply rebuking them at a presser will not mean a thing. Strap on a set or lose control again.
DanielAndrewsMP VictorianCHO why aren’t you locking down the Casey cluster so we are not ALL penalised AGAIN!!! Get the ADF to patrol these ppl and make sure they stay home. It’s published that they broke stage 4 restrictions they can not be trusted
Congratulations to you selfish people. This is hard enough without foolish behaviour like this. Media and LNP please note this is not related to hotel quarrantine or ALP. IStandwithDan
The people don’t need protection from covid by governments, in actual fact, the people need protection from govt interference in society. Govt is the problem & is why everyone is unconsciously angry. Govts cause wealth inequality & division, because we allowed them to interfere.
God. Please say they don't work in aged care?
Unfortunately this shows that as soon as restrictions ease, people won't do the right thing and we'll never get to Step 4. We're going to be stuck on this treadmill.
Selfish people, makes my blood boil when majority are doing the right thing only to be let down by idiots. Hand out the massive fines !
Selfish
All those lovely Jewish families out there, please follow the rules this weekend and DON'T visit family for the new year. In fact EVERYONE follow the rules even if it is not your festive time.
I feel actual rage
Same area where the idiots were out 'group exercising' just 2-3 weeks ago in breach of rules. Now wait another 2 weeks and see how many of the mostly maskless douchebags at last weekend's 'freedom march', end up at the centre of clusters. COVID19Vic
I’m looking on with disbelief at the emotive language being used here. Blame and threats. It is possible to operate a strategy without it. The existence of this virus is nobodies fault. Trying to prevent spread is reasonable, making people targets is adding unnecessary conflict
Time to bring criminal charges against those selfish people.
It’s a diverse community so it’s all good.
And this is why we have a harsher that necessary lock down
Jail time
These are the idiots that are keeping us in lockdown, vic govt gets numbers down these selfish idiots sends it up, and you & your paper have the Gaul to blame it on Andrews.
The average age of death for Covid deaths is about 85 which is higher than the average life expectancy. 99% of people have nothing to fear from it. We can't be locked down forever but with the current government policies we will be. resignDanAndrews
5 houses, 34 cases Almost 7 people per house. Ok..
Dickheads who are stuffing it up for everyone else. covidiots
Hope they all Recieved their fines graciously.......
mouseroaring Watch TheIPA manipulate this one to their own end.
Blind leftys insert 'see it wasn't Dan's fault' here
qlotti kissbystarlight are you worried about the cluster in your area?
Totalitarian victoriancho regime's 'Ring of Steel' Is that a trademark infringement on 'Iron Curtain'?
How very convenient....
What kind of people are they eh! Me thinks it is a generation of selfish ignorant people, who do not respect or care about others! One step forward and these selfish lot sets us back several steps! THIS IS WHY THE ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING!
Did anyone get sick?
What the anti-Dan brigade need to account for, is Dan can't stop Stupid people from being Stupid. Imagine the spread if there were no restrictions, all the people going out of their way to do the right thing & get these numbers down, have every right to hate on the Stupid people.
Stupid behaviour done with the encourage & endorsement of LiberalVictoria michaelobrienmp TimSmithMP australian theheraldsun
All asymptomatic? These arrest 'cases' they're +ve tests. Mostly this doesn't mean a thing.
Total BS
Ughhhh FFS.
The Age can apologise to DanielAndrewsMP now
Cases again more important than deaths. What a world
It is about time the names of people who deliberately break the lockdown are published & fines go to $20,000 + jail as such behaviours are now equivalent to criminal and could now drive the lockdown period even further so there now needs to be very extreme penalties.
Give these idiots a big big fine!!! Hate to say but need to boycott such stupid people. 🤦🏻♂️
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