A COVID-19 case who works at a Melbourne testing site has been linked to the current outbreaks, but it's still not clear how he got infected.
Victorian health authorities have managed to link a mystery case of COVID-19 to current outbreaks in the state.
He tested positive on Wednesday, two days after developing symptoms, and his close contacts have so far tested negative. Among them were four students from Bacchus Marsh College, and two household contacts linked to the Lacrosse apartments in Docklands, where 500 people are in isolation for 14 days.
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