Victoria records 165 new coronavirus cases
Victoria has recorded another 165 cases of coronavirus, including several hospital and aged care workers, on the first day of a six-week lockdown in Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire.
The Department of Health and Human Services said two healthcare workers from the Royal Melbourne Hospital had tested positive for the virus.Close contacts of the workers from both hospitals will be required to quarantine for 14 days. A number of Northern Hospital staff are already in quarantine and ambulances have been diverted from what is normally the state's busiest emergency department.Staff test positive at six aged care facilitiesDHHS said the new cases included:A staff member who attended BaptCare The Orchards Community in Doncaster while infectiousA staff member who worked at BlueCross Ivanhoe while infectious
A staff member who worked at Holmwood Aged Care facility in Healesville. The staff member was not infectious at the time
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