Contact tracers have been able to link 98 of the cases to existing outbreaks as Victorians edge closer to reaching a vaccination milestone.
Contact tracers have been able to link 98 of those cases to existing outbreaks.
The cases were among 42,429 test results processed on Tuesday, when 36,716 vaccine doses were delivered at state-run sites.across the state, including the waiting room of the emergency department of the Alfred Hospital. Authorities have listed the waiting room as a tier 1 exposure site for September 6 between 5:37pm and 11:15pm after a person with COVID-19 was present.
An Alfred Health spokesperson said emergency department staff were working in PPE and no staff had been furloughed as a result of the exposure. The Victorian government has committed to a slight easing of restrictions once 70 per cent of Victorians aged 16 years or older have had at least one dose of a COVID vaccine.Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
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