Victoria has recorded 76 new cases of COVID19 and 11 deaths. The figure comes as michaelfowler08 revealed that modelling used to back Victoria's lockdown plan is based on outdated contact tracing assumptions.
where there are no cases of coronavirus. Given the success regional communities have had in keeping the virus at bay, business owners say they should be permitted to slowly reopen to customers from other shires with no active cases. Yesterday more than 25 regional council areas had no active cases.as an investor campaign for greater accountability gathers pace.
"We acknowledge that we did not understand every aspect of the changing regulations and we should have," it said. The hotel said they had implemented "a number" of procedures beyond what was required in their COVIDSafe plan since the breaches, and looked forward to reopening next Wednesday.
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