One new coronavirus case recorded in Victoria on the first day of lockdown
ABCA locally acquired coronavirus case reported by Victoria's health authorities on Saturday has been linked back to the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn outbreak, bringing the cluster to 14 cases. Key points: The outbreak has prompted a snap five-day lockdown Victorians are under stage four restrictions, which means people must stay within 5km of home An epidemiologist fears the viral spread will challenge contact tracers if it is moving as quickly as suspected It comes on the first day of a snap five-day lockdown prompted by the cluster, and as the other states and the Commonwealth declare Melbourne a coronavirus hotspot. The Premier said 11 of the 12 staff from Brunetti Cafe at Melbourne Airport's Terminal 4, where an employee worked while he was infectious, had tested negative, which was "positive news". He said the reason regional Victoria was included in the lockdown was because people might go to where the rules are easiest and "take the virus with them".