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Illegal gathering suspected as Colac sees second spike in COVID-19 cases – ABC News
Police are investigating the possibility that an illegal gathering is behind Colac’s second coronavirus cluster. Businesses have again shut down in the town, including the abattoir at the centre of its first outbreak.
An illegal gathering is believed to be at the centre of a south-west Victorian town’s second coronavirus spike.
Colac’s second outbreak began after a man became infected with the virus while in a Melbourne hospital undergoing treatment.
Unaware that he was infected, the man returned home and spread the virus to his family.
From there, the virus spread through the community, leading to the temporary closure of two major workplaces a Bulla ice cream factory and the Australian Lamb Company abatt…
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