Victoria extends lockdown; SA announces shutdown – as it happened
by Lisa Cox (now) and Naaman Zhou, Matilda Boseley an from on (#5MCBQ)
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- Victoria update: lockdown extended for a week as 13 new cases recorded
- NSW update: Berejiklian pledges to reopen construction industry by 31 July as state records 78 cases
- Huge surge' in Sydney Covid testing leaves people waiting days for results
- NSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; Vic restrictions; Vic hotspots
9.21am BST
Thanks everybody, we are going to wind things down for the evening. A big day:
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McGowan also mentions another container ship, Mattina, which was berthed in Fremantle between the 10th and 12th of July after sailing from Jakarta in Indonesia.
It has sailed on to New Zealand and health officials there have advised the WA government that nine of 21 crew have tested positive for Covid-19.
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