Victoria Covid update: Jeroen Weimar ‘extremely frustrated’ as 11 local cases reported and masks mandated
by Calla Wahlquist and Michael McGowan from World news | The Guardian on (#5M5YK)
Masks will be compulsory in all indoor settings from Thursday as the state battles to get on top of a growing Covid outbreak
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The Victorian government is introducing tougher Covid restrictions with thousands of people in isolation awaiting test results from high-traffic exposure sites including Highpoint shopping centre and the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The state's acting chief health officer, Dr Clare Looker, on Wednesday night said masks would be compulsory indoors from Thursday.
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