Melbourne will enter a lockdown on Thursday after a Covid cluster grew to 25 cases overnight following an infected reveller's late-night bender. The cluster grew to 15 cases on Wednesday, before reportedly ballooning to a total of 25 overnight, the ABC reported. The infected case stayed at Somewhere Bar for a slue of drinks before heading back to Three Monkeys at about 1am. University of Melbourne epidemiologist Tony Blakely warned that it was almost inevitable that a lockdown would be called. Victorian health authorities said the positive Covid-19 case attended the Cohuna Recreation Reserve and watching multiple netball games alongside other spectators.

Source: The Nation May 26, 2021 23:03 UTC