SOURCE: VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT
Victoria's Chief Health Officer has declared that the Rural City of Mildura enter a seven-day lockdown commencing at 11:59pm, Friday 8 October, with restrictions the same as those in Mitchell Shire and metropolitan Melbourne (excluding the curfew).
The decision to impose the lockdown was made late yesterday when the public health team raised serious concerns about the rapid growth of positive cases in Mildura. 20 new cases were recorded yesterday, spread across several households, bringing the total number of active cases in Mildura to 37, up from just one case a week ago.
Under lockdown restrictions, you can only leave home for limited reasons: necessary goods and services, caregiving or compassionate reasons (including medical care and getting a COVID-19 test), authorised work or permitted education, exercise and outdoor social interaction in limited groups, and getting a COVID-19 vaccine in the local area.
Locals are asked to be on high alert for symptoms and get tested if any develop. We also remind anyone who has been identified by the Department of Health as a close contact to come forward for testing immediately.
To find your nearest COVID-19 testing site, visit Where to get tested for COVID-19. Operating hours and wait times will vary.
The Chief Health Officer has also declared that lockdown restrictions have been lifted in the City of Greater Shepparton and Moorabool Shire effective from 11:59pm Friday 8 October. For more information on the new restrictions that will be in place in these LGAs, visit How we live: remainder of regional Victoria
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