BREAKDOWN OF MELBOURNE'S 15-CASE WHITTLESEA OUTBREAK
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* Case one - male in his 30s, tested Sunday, positive on Monday.
* Case two - male in his 70s, went with case one to be tested. Also tested positive. Same family but different household.
* Cases three and four - a woman in her 70s and a child. Relatives of cases one and two.
* Case five had a business meeting with case one. Case five is suspected of being the first to contract COVID-19 in the cluster.
* Cases six to nine are in different households to case five, but the same family.
* Cases 10 to 12 are workplace primary close contacts of case nine, at a finance firm in Port Melbourne.
* Case 13 is a contact of case one.
* Cases 14 and 15 are workplace contacts of case nine.
MELBOURNE EXPOSURE SITES
* The number of exposure sites has grown from 10 to more than 50 and includes the MCG
* Three inner-suburban sites on Saturday night and early Sunday morning are of particular concern to authorities - Three Monkeys and the Somewhere Bar in Prahran, and South Yarra's Circus Bar.
* Exposure sites available at https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
* Greater Melbourne arrivals banned from 6pm on Wednesday. Returning SA residents and permitted essential travellers must enter 14-day quarantine.
* Anyone who has returned from Greater Melbourne since May 20 must isolate pending a negative test result. Tests on days one, five and 13.
* Arrivals from Bendigo local government area permitted but must isolate until they return a negative test. Tests on day one, five and 13.
QUEENSLAND
* Anyone who has been in the City of Whittlesea since May 11 will be turned away on arrival in Queensland from 1am on Thursday.
* Queensland residents and people with an exemption who have been in Whittlesea since that date will go into mandatory hotel quarantine.
NSW
* Any Greater Melbourne and Bendigo arrivals must fill out a travel declaration form confirming they have not visited any venues of concern.
* People now in NSW who have been in Victoria since May 12 should regularly check exposure site list.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
* All arrivals from Victoria required to get tested within 48 hours and isolate until they return a negative result.
* Arrivals who have visited exposure sites must self-isolate for 14 days and get tested on day two and 11.
* Air arrivals must continue wearing a mask when leaving the airport and cannot use public transport. The same rules apply to Victorian land arrivals upon entry.
TASMANIA
* Ban on travel from high-risk areas, plus City of Whittlesea
* Anyone now in Tasmania who was in the area on or after May 6 should self-isolate until they obtain a negative test.
ACT
* Anyone in Canberra who has been in Victoria within the past 14 days advised to check list of exposure sites.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
* Testing and quarantine rules apply, depending on when travellers arrived from Greater Melbourne and which exposure sites they visited.
NEW ZEALAND
* Three-day suspension of travel bubble.
Australian Associated Press
