Victorians are anxiously waiting to see if the Delta variant of the coronavirus brought into the state at the start of the week has spread.
A man working at a Melbourne dry cleaners contracted the virus at a birthday party in the Sydney suburb of West Hoxton on the weekend.
Yesterday it was revealed the owner of the dry cleaners had also been infected.
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The owner of the dry cleaner is now in isolation at the Holiday Inn hotel.
His wife and two sons are isolating separately for 14 days, but have thus far received negative results.
A series of exposure sites have also been listed overnight after the new coronavirus cases.
The following are tier 2 venues, where everyone must get tested urgently and isolate until getting a negative result.
June 20: Coles Oakleigh Central, 9.15pm to 9.45pm
June 21: Woolworths Burwood East - Burwood Heights Shopping Centre, 5:30pm - 6:15pm
June 22: Yang Yang Asian Grocery - Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre, 12.40pm-1.20pm
June 22: Colonial Fruit Company - Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre, 12.30pm to 1.10pm
June 22: Autograph - Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre, 11.50pm to 1pm
June 23: Black Rock Convenience Store, 10am-10.20am, 5.05pm-5.20pm
The following are tier 3 venues, where people are warned to monitor for symptoms.
June 20: Broadmeadows Train Station, 7:55pm - 8:15pm
June 20: Flinders St Train Station, 8:38pm - 8:52pm
June 20: Oakleigh Train Station, 9:15pm - 9:30pm
June 20: Metro Train: Broadmeadows Station to Flinders St Station, 8:15pm - 8:38pm
June 20: Metro Train, Flinders St Station to Oakleigh Station, 8:52pm - 9:15pm
You can read the full list of exposure sites at the Victorian Department of Health website.
While the two cases were announced yesterday, Victoria lifted the strictest rules of its lockdown at midnight.
But face masks are still required in all indoor settings save for at home, unless an exception applies.
Yesterday Victoria expanded its red zones to keep potentially infected people from NSW out of the state.
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All of Greater Sydney and Wollongong will now be considered a red zone, meaning people from there will not be able to enter Victoria.
Those rules came into effect at 11.59pm overnight.
That means non-Victorian residents who have been in Sydney and Wollongong in the past two weeks are banned from entering the state and Victorians will have to get a red zone permit and quarantine at home for 14 days.
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