WORRY OVER WASTEWATER

Despite currently being spared the harsh lockdown and curfew measures impacting residents of the metropolitan region, Kyabram residents are advised by authorities to maintain vigilance and social distancing and obey a range of rules including the wearing of masks designed to limit the spread of COVID-19.

The message was reinforced over the past week, with virus fragments being detected in wastewater at Shepparton twice.

Yesterday, Chief Health Officer has since re-evaluated its visitor policies.

Current restrictions only allow visitors to aged-care homes for end-of-life purposes or to provide support and care.

Several other instances of Melburnians breaching quarantine and travelling to the regions have been reported.

On Tuesday, the Victorian Department of Health reported 24 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 bringing the total active cases for the state to 227.

Some 31,519 COVID-19 tests were conducted, and 25,742 vaccine doses were administered on Monday, according to a government spokesperson.

As of Tuesday, almost two million doses of both the Astrazeneca and Pfizer vaccines have been administered in the state with 728,000 Victorians now fully vaccinated.

More than 20 per cent of Australians are fully vaccinated according to the Federal Government, well below the 80 per cent benchmark at which lockdowns will cease under measures agreed to by National Cabinet, a body comprised of all state premiers, territory leaders and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

The Kyabram postcode region 3620 has experienced a single case of COVID-19 since the outbreak began in early 2020 and the Campaspe Shire region has experienced 10, data supplied by the Victorian Department of Health shows.