‘Fleeting’ Vic cases ruled false positives – The Murray Valley Standard

A new COVID-19 variant has emerged in Victoria’s outbreak, putting health authorities on alert.
Genomic sequencing from two cases in a West Melbourne family reveals they are infected with the Delta variant, which Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says has become the predominant variant in India.
“It is a variant of significant concern,” Prof Sutton said.
It remains unclear how those family members, who also travelled to Jervis Bay in NSW, contracted the virus.
Three of Friday’s four new cases are…

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