Residents in nine locked-down public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne have complained about food delivery delays and poor communication
"It's a relief, even if people aren't being told about it," he said. "But there's still a lot of uncertainty and still a low of people worried."
Tekeste Hailu, who lives in the Flemington flats with his 73-year-old grandmother, said the box he received had expired food in it. It had jam with no bread, cereal with no milk. She said the meals were labelled with ingredients and heating instructions and DHHS was expected to translate those labels on Monday.
A spokeswoman for ASRC said it would deliver its first meals at 8am on Tuesday, having committed to cooking 1000 meals a day.Due to the strict lockdown, she said the government would then distribute the meals to households using personal protective equipment.
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