The head of Victoria's COVID-19 testing program says all pupils and staff from St Aloysius Primary School have now been tested for coronavirus after last week's school excursion at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market.
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However, not all results have been returned as yet.
Victoria's testing commander Jeroen Weimar said in a press conference on Tuesday that 72 people involved in the Redan school's visit to the market had been identified as primary contacts of a confirmed COVID-19 case.
All pupils and their families are now in mandatory 14-day isolation at home.
There were also 34 stallholders from the market identified as primary close contacts.
"All of those people have been tested, we are working through those test results from those cohorts," Mr Weimar said.
"We've seen an extensive deep clean of the market.
"The market is a safe place to access, for those who can travel within the five kilometre limit."
There were two new locally acquired COVID-19 cases confirmed on Tuesday, both of which were declared as close household contacts of previous positive cases.
Premier Daniel Andrews today said an announcement on the potential ending of the five-day lockdown would not be announced until tomorrow.
However, he did give a special thanks to people in isolation, such as those connected to St Aloysius.
"If I can give a shout out...to those people who because they've come in contact or they've been at a location where someone had the virus was, they are in lockdown for 14 days," he said.
"Let's spare a thought for them, all of us as Victorians thank them for the sacrifice they are making on behalf of all of us."
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