The testing of residents at Melbourne's locked-down public housing towers has finished, with the health department to reveal whether there are more cases.
The residents at the Flemington and North Melbourne towers have been in a hard lockdown since Saturday afternoon, unable to leave their apartments due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
The lockdown order is in place for 14 days but Premier Daniel Andrews was"very confident" all residents would be tested by Wednesday. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews addresses the media during a press conference in Melbourne, Sunday, June 28, 2020.Occupants of the towers were yet to be given the green light to join the rest of the city in stage three restrictions, which will last six weeks.
Despite having a dedicated laboratory to process tests for those in the towers, not all residents have got their results back.
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