Two childcare centres closed as state records 18 new cases of COVID-19 - Sydney Morning Herald

Two Melbourne child care centres have been temporarily shut down after a child and worker at separate facilities tested positive to coronavirus in the past day.

The child and childcare worker are among 18 new cases of COVID-19 recorded overnight.

A third person who attended the Black Lives Matter rally on June 6 also tested positive to the virus, but Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos stressed it was unlikely they were infectious during the protest.

"The the advice I have been given is that the person was not infectious at the protest," Ms Mikakos said. "They did attend the protest with a number of friends and those friends will also be tested as contract tracing occurs."

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Six more returned travellers being kept in quarantine have also returned positive tests, while a further eight people have been detected through routine testing. The number of cases of community transmission has risen by three.

“Clearly, we do have community transmission in Victoria and I want to reiterate the message to Victorians to take this issue seriously,” Ms Mikakos told reporters on Thursday.

“Many of these cases are people with very, very mild symptoms, but they’ve done the right thing and gone and been tested and that is how we will manage the spread of the virus.”

The Learning Sanctuary Pakenham closed its doors on Wednesday and will undergo deep cleaning after it emerged a childcare worker had tested positive.

"The child attended the centre for one day during their infectious period," Ms Mikakos said.

Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos. Credit:Eddie Jim

The Guardian Childcare and Education in Prahran also closed down for deep cleaning after it emerged a childcare worker had been infected.

The Black Lives Matter attendee who has returned a positive coronavirus test also worked two shifts at the H&M clothing store in Northland Shopping Centre while potentially infectious. The store has also been temporarily closed for cleaning.

Another case has been linked to the outbreak at Croydon Family Practice in Melbourne's east.

The new cases bring the Victorian total to 1780. There are currently 81 active cases of coronavirus across the state.

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