Prime Minister Scott Morrison was recently notified that an event he attended was a COVID-19 exposure site. Meanwhile, in Melbourne, hundreds of people have been told to isolate after a confirmed Omicron case visited two nightclubs:
The prime minister has returned two negative COVID-19 tests after he was deemed to be a casual contact by NSW Health.
Passengers on a flight from Newcastle to Brisbane and one from Brisbane to Townsville, both on Monday, were deemed by Queensland Health to be close contacts and will spend two weeks in quarantine despite being fully vaccinated. Deakin University chair of epidemiology Catherine Bennett hopes the government will review the decision due to the low risk of transmission on a plane, where everyone has masks.
Victoria's health department says the positive case, infected with the new variant, attended Sircuit Bar in Fitzroy between 9pm and midnight on Friday and then Collingwood's Peel Hotel between 11.30pm and 3am. Despite the state reporting at least six Omicron cases to date, the Victorian government is weighing up easing restrictions this week.
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