COVID-19
CLUSTER GROWS: ALC closes amid Colac COVID-19 outbreak
Colac’s COVID-19 outbreak has grown to at least 15 cases, and led to a precautionary shutdown of one of Colac’s largest employers.
COPACC site not public
Barwon Health says Colac’s vaccination clinic at COPACC is a non-public exposure site, after a positive-COVID-case attended the clinic last Tuesday.
State responsible for exposure information
Colac Area Health chief executive Fiona Brew says she understands the community’s frustration about a lack of COVID-19 exposure site information, but said the health service was doing everything it could to respond to the situation.
Six new COVID cases in Colac
Colac has recorded six new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the active case number to 15.
New cases linked to social gatherings
Victoria’s COVID commander Jeroen Weimar has confirmed that social gatherings were the transmission route for Colac’s new COVID-19 cases today, not workplace transmission.
Five new COVID-19 cases in Colac
Colac recorded five new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the current outbreak to nine cases.
Camperdown training pays off
Twenty months of preparations were immediately put to use when news came through that Corangamite Shire had recorded a positive COVID-19 case.