Melbourne COVID-19: Inside the public housing towers locked down by Daniel Andrews

A distraught woman has been pulled from her car by police outside a Melbourne public housing tower, just hours after it was placed into 'hard lockdown' in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19. Victoria has recorded 74 new cases of COVID-19, a significant drop from a day prior when the second highest numbers of the pandemic were recorded Public housing blocks in the suburbs of Flemington, Kensington and North Melbourne, where COVID-19 outbreaks have been recorded, were shut down on Saturday The incident comes less than 24 hours into the 'hard lockdown' which will last for five days and sees police on every floor to stop people leaving The woman sat outside the building on Racecourse Road and spoke with police for several moments before being taken away More than 500 police officers have been stationed at the housing commission units to look after more than 3,000 residents A resident carrying a baby walks past three police officers after nine public housing buildings in Melbourne's hotspot suburbs were put into immediate lockdown on Saturday Two residents in lockdown at 130 Racecourse Road peer out of their window on Saturday 'If we don't all work together and follow the rules, every postcode will be locked down,' he said. Every youngster holed up in the nine public housing complexes in Flemington and North Melbourne that have gone into lockdown will each receive one of these activity boxes Tekeste Hailu said he had no idea his building had been locked down until he went to get groceries for his grandmother and found police standing at the exit Towers in the suburbs of Flemington, Kensington and North Melbourne will be closed for five days Residents of the towers have complained about a lack of communication, pointing out that police were at the building long before they were told about the changes Police in face masks block an entry point at one of the public housing towers in Flemington, Melbourne on Saturday A police officer speaks to a driver entering the housing commission flats in the suburb of Flemington Another resident of the towers complained about a lack of communication from the government in the lead up to the lockdown. A woman holds a baby as she talks to two Victoria Police officers outside on of the nine public housing estates on Saturday night Police speak to a resident after the Victorian Government announced nine public housing estates would be placed in immediate lockdown A general view of Racecourse Road in Flemington, Melbourne, on Saturday, as it's announced the suburb will be put into lockdown 'There will be a massive logistical task to make sure those people are fed, given the support that they need. Police stand at the front of the housing commission flats in the suburb of Flemington, where a coronavirus outbreak has been recorded A resident is seen peering through their window after being ordered to stay inside Police speak to a resident living at the housing commission flats in the suburb of Flemington Two residents look on from their window as they are placed in immediate lockdown on Saturday VICTORIA'S HARD LOCKDOWN Nine public housing towers in Melbourne are in immediate lockdown for at least five days.