Premier Daniel Andrews said in recent days, 23 cases had been identified in more than 12 households in the Flemington and North Melbourne public housing estates.
It comes as Victoria recorded its second-highest ever daily increase in coronavirus cases, with 108 people diagnosed with the virus overnight. Postcodes 3031 — taking in Flemington and Kensington — and postcode 3051 — covering North Melbourne — will be added to the list of suburbs already under stay-at-home orders from midnight tonight.
Mr Andrews said the nine towers included 1,345 units of housing and were home to about 3,000 residents.The estates will be fully locked down for at least five days, effective immediately.Housing Minister Richard Wynne said the towers were home to "some of the most vulnerable people in our community".Four high-rise buildings in Flemington will be subject to the lockdown: 12 Holland Court, 120 Racecourse Road, 126 Racecourse Road and 130 Racecourse Road.
The five estates in North Melbourne are on 12 Sutton Street, 33 Alfred Street, 76 Canning Street, 159 Melrose Street and 9 Pampas Street, a combination of mid-rise and high-rise buildings.
this is criminal.
Goose of the ear........
Dan must be smelling his own farts... 500 cops a shift = 1500 a day. This is not logistically possible unless you leave 98% of Victoria under Policed. Ms VD said there are probably 100s of undiagnosed cases in the flats already🤷♂️ Is there PPE for 1500 cops a day available🤔😐
Public Housing Tenants WeFightForFair many w/ CPTSD CANNOT be imprisoned DanielAndrewsMP w/o relapse. VictoriaPolice & VicHealth has NO basis at Law to Section Tenants ILLEGALLY Imprisoned in their homes til relapse as such is 'State Sponsored Torture' :| Auspol EdenMonaro
More cases no deaths. This is a hoax sheep
JennyMikakos this is your RubyPrincess, do what BradHazzard never did and acknowledge your responsibility as minister for the failure of hotel quarantine in Melbourne. COVID19Vic COVID19Aus
Quote: “Only the Chinese gov could implement draconian measures to such a large scale” Back in January western MSM called China authoritarian, implementing draconian measures, for locking down buildings. Okay now to use the same labels for Australia?
I think there are more cases of herpes than corona, be afraid!
Lock down in the Ghetto
We might HATE the idea of this... BUT if they've located a breakout NOT to just to 'one family' but a 'location'... ...like say a meat packing workplace, or cruise ship, OR housing building - do we centralise or let it go THIS time? Do we want ANOTHER 'Ruby Princess' happening?
Bumbling fool. Chairman Dan needs to go.
It would be more to the point to lock down all the rich people and help the poor be able to at least obtain what they need: but as always, the poorer folk who get it in the head for everything that goes wrong, no matter who’s fault it is.
'Cases' not 'Deaths.' It's over.
Defund the ABC
Failed
Shazza won’t be happy at all
So no horse racing at Flemington ? Let's see.
Incompetent leadership time for him and JennyMikakos to resign
We are officially screwed. No other way to put it.
This is needed. Got to get tough and try to stop it.
1. VIC is cold, so the oversea travellers should first q in warm states. 2. Mask mask mask 3. Avoid unnecessary travels. 4. test test test
They are going to burn those housing apartments down! Full of filth that will not follow these directions
the poor pay... again
So they're effectively being taken prisoner. Great.
The virus can live much longer in cold and wet environment. This is how VIC is now, similar to Jan of Wuhan. Hence VIC need to be more strict of lockdown for hotspot areas. Also for international travellers, should redirect to hotels in warm states, to ease VIC pressure.
Who wants to go into the lottery to see if they'll get the death sentence from covid-19? Certainly not me. Keep distancing and only go out for essential items. 😔
So these people were in hotel quarantine after coming back from OS, or were they at the protests? Who's responsible for both those disasters
Who the fuck would wanna go there?
Is testing still voluntary? Surely if you test neg, you can relocate (NOT to NSW) and CLOSE THE BORDER.
What a mess.
This will seem draconian but it is textbook response for localised transmission. Many in US would have wished their government officials acted so decisively. springst auspol
abcperth While westaustralian calls for borders to be open putting at risk the 90% of business and mining at risk for the dubious benefit of the tourism industry MarkMcGowanMP RogerCookMLA
I told y’all not to march - but you didn’t listen 🤷♀️
Great work DanielAndrewsMP...
Are they doing anything special for people especially in public housing? Stuck at home, maybe without a job..could cause more harm than Corona if we’re not careful
Does anyone detected with covid virus have the CovidSafe app installed? Is this app working at all or draining our batteries for nothing?
What actually is a test discovered from routine testing?
For those that disagree, take a look at the US. If we don’t do these hard things then clearly the situation is going to get worse and worse for Victorians
More ludicrous decisions. How are Victoria communities okay with such Corona related idiocy.
Good to know afl players and personnel are allowed to fly out. Sports get a free ride
About time the Victoria/NSW border was closed
Please look after them. The virus is the last thing they need
They may need to look into the air conditioning system, because that could make this situation as bad as being stuck on a cruise ship.
Will POLICE, instead of subcontractors guard towers?
I hope they will be individually ensuring the economic and other safety and well-being of those residents
This is absolutely absurd. Many of these residents have addictions, mental health issues or experience domestic violence. Some regularly use the safe injecting rooms. How will 5 days in lockdown help this? They are at a great risk of hardship and risk to themselves.
Daniel Andrews is now locking people in their apartments CCP style. Any reasonable person must see how that this is out of control authoritarianism that should have no place in our society.