As teacher Bacchus Marsh Grammar tested positive for Covid-19, Victoria announced new mask regulations

Late last night, the Victorian Department of Health announced changes for Victorians aged 12 and above.

The department said: “Unless there are exceptions-including all workplaces and middle schools, you must wear a mask indoors (not at home).” “If you can’t keep a distance of 1.5m from people other than your family (such as outdoor activities) In), you must also wear a mask outdoors.”

There are some exceptions, listed in www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au.

When the new mask regulations were introduced, the number of positive cases in Victoria rose to at least 11.

With the increase in cases, the AFL held a crisis meeting to discuss potential changes in the number of spectators in Victoria this weekend. All players in the state will be tested.

AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan said on Wednesday: “I have no update on any other changes in Victoria this weekend. Whether in the crowd or in the game or in other areas, the government is clearly trying to solve this problem.”

“They are observing, but we don’t have any suggestions for planned changes, but as we know, things are changing daily or hourly.

Before the game against Fremantle on Thursday night, Geelong players have been able to travel to Western Australia under strict quarantine regulations. The AFL said that Fremantle players will be tested after the game, but it is unlikely that they will need to be isolated.

At least six new cases in Victoria are related to a contagious Sydney migrant working in Melbourne, and the other two are related to a family in Hume who moved from Sydney to Melbourne last week.

A school in Bacchus Marsh, northwest of Melbourne, said on Wednesday night that one of its teachers had tested positive. According to media reports, two family members of the teacher also tested positive.

The teacher of Bacchus Marsh Grammar attended the school’s staff day on Monday, but did not have any contact with any students.

In a letter to parents, the school confirmed that it will be closed and the teacher is undergoing testing and isolation.

“We were told that a faculty member tested positive for Covid-19. The teacher attended the school’s Employee Day on Monday, July 12, but was either on Tuesday, July 13 or Wednesday, July 14, 2021. No contact with students,” the letter said.

“Therefore, the Ministry of Health of the Covid-19 Ministry of Public Health instructed all employees participating in the Employee Day on Monday, July 12 to be quarantined and tested. We are waiting for instructions from the Ministry of Education on proper hygiene and cleanliness in schools.

“In view of the need to test almost all employees and the need for additional cleaning, classes will not be held for all students at Woodlea or Maddingley campuses on Thursday and Friday, July 15-16.

“If the employee’s confinement period is longer, online learning will begin on Monday, July 19.

“This is a rather unstable situation, and we will work hard to keep parents informed of the development of the situation because we have any further information required by public health.

“At this stage, I strongly recommend that if any student does start to show any recognized Covid symptoms, as a preventive measure, they should be tested as soon as possible.”

Bacchus Marsh is located 50 kilometers northwest of Melbourne, just a short drive from Ballan. On July 8, Sydney movers who had transited the country with the virus visited a McDonald’s restaurant and a gas station there.

ABC reported that the teacher has a friend who lives in an apartment building in Maribyrnong, where movers work.

Victoria’s Covid-19 commander Jeroen Weimar said: “This is obviously a very fast-moving situation.”

“We are very eager to ensure that we have a firm grasp of this as soon as possible.”

Four new cases were recorded on the third floor of the Ariele apartment in Maribyrnong, where the migrants stopped.

The other two cases were family members of residents of the Ariele apartment. One of the cases is believed to have been infected in Coles, Craigieburn, where a family returning from the red zone was not quarantined.

Mr. Weimar revealed on Wednesday that the movers had obtained worker permits in Melbourne, but they did not wear masks in the apartment building.

He said it violated their license conditions. But perhaps the most frustrating thing is that there is news that the staff did not cooperate with the contact tracer, and they did not discover until today that two trucks were involved.

When asked whether the relocatee was deliberately avoiding it, Mr. Weimar said: “They didn’t mean it, let me say that.”