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Victorians in areas affected by Queensland's three-day lockdown have been advised not to leave and to follow the guidance of that state's government.
And Victorians with plans to travel to areas in Brisbane City Council, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Redland, Ipswich or Logan city councils have been urged to cancel them.
Victorian health authorities have called on anyone who arrived from the affected local government areas from January 2 to get tested and remain at home or a place of accommodation until Monday, when they said a further assessment would be made.
"We are working with our counterparts in other jurisdictions to address this matter which is obviously of national concern," Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said in a statement.
"The department is working through the implications for our current permit system and will provide more information on this shortly."
The statement instructed anyone who had been in, visited or travelled through Brisbane City Council, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Redland, Ipswich, or Logan city councils since January 2 not to leave those areas until at least Monday.
Victoria's border with New South Wales remains shut.
Professor Sutton said the department was working through more than 4000 applications for exemptions to travel to Victoria on compassionate and medical grounds.
A total of 579 exemptions had been granted.
"Staff are processing the most urgent cases first with priority given to Victorian residents," the statement said.
"Every exemption is assessed on a case-by-case basis and is being processed as quickly as possible."
Further details were released about a new case of internationally-acquired COVID-19, reported earlier today.
The case is in a woman aged in her 30s, who is in hotel quarantine.
Eleven of the state's 39 known active cases of the virus are in hotel quarantine.
Twenty-eight cases are locally acquired.
Twenty-seven of the state's active cases are linked to a COVID-19 cluster at a Black Rock restaurant.
The Chief Health Officer's report attributed a delay in results to at least 10,000 tests, which were conducted on Thursday, to an IT issue with a private pathology provider.
The Victorian premier earlier said it was a hardware issue, which was rectified at 3am on Friday.
All of the results affected by the delay were negative.
Professor Sutton said the Victorian response to testing had been remarkable.
"There have been more than 200,000 tests taken in Victoria since 1 January," his statement said.
"Please get tested at your nearest available testing location.
"Wait times at testing sites across the system have substantially reduced but delays can still be expected at some of our busier testing centres."
Bendigo Health earlier announced its drive-through testing clinic would be temporarily relocated to the Prince of Wales showgrounds on Monday and Tuesday in anticipation of heightened demand from returned NSW travellers.
11.15am
New South Wales has reported four new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and seven new internationally-acquired cases.
Authorities in that state have urged people to come forward for testing, with virus fragments detected in an Ulladulla sewage treatment plan.
The NSW government says one of the locally acquired cases, from the Northern Beaches, was first reported on Thursday morning but was included in Friday's numbers.
The case remains under investigation.
Another of the locally acquired cases is a close contact of a previously reported case and is linked to the Croydon cluster.
Two further locally acquired cases are linked to the Berala cluster, which has grown to a total of 20 cases.
Those cases are close contacts of a previously reported infection.
9.30am
Premier Daniel Andrews has supported the Queensland government's decision to impose a three-day lockdown on the Greater Brisbane area, following a confirmed case of a highly contagious UK strain of COVID-19 in that state.
The Queensland case is in a cleaner who works a quarantine hotel.
The Greater Brisbane lockdown starts at 6pm today and will remain in place until 6pm Monday.
Masks will also be mandatory for people in the Greater Brisbane area who need to go outside.
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said it was incredibly important to stop the spread of the UK strain.
"We must act immediately, we must act strongly and we have taken those strong measures today," Ms Palaszczuk said
Mr Andrews said his government would have updated advice for Victorians, which would be provided as soon as possible.
"Problems in one part of Australia become problems for the whole country if we don't manage these things consistently and well and I think that's exactly what [Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk] has done," he said.
A national cabinet meeting is scheduled to start soon, which Mr Andrews will be attending.
He told the media he was confident a range of measures the Victorian government had been pushing would be adopted by the national cabinet.
They include pre-flight testing for travellers, flight crew being tested, and testing for staff associated with hotel quarantine.
Mr Andrews said Victoria was very close to running a COVID-19 outbreak linked to a Black Rock restaurant down to the ground and having real stability around those numbers.
But it was not over.
There are 39 known active cases of COVID-19 in the state, including one new case acquired overseas.
No new cases of community transmission were reported on Friday.
Mr Andrews thanked all those who had been tested, deeming turnout "very strong and it's exactly what we need."
The premier said a hardware issue at a private laboratory overnight had been rectified, with results being rolled out.
The issue was resolved at 3am on Friday.
The rectification of the issue is expected to push the number of test results received above 33,000.
About 2000 primary close contacts have been identified in the Victorian COVID-19 outbreak.
"Around 3000 people who are back in Victoria who hold permits, and are here perfectly lawfully, are quarantining at home and that's very important and we're very grateful to them," Mr Andrews said.
The state has granted 579 exemptions.
"There are extra staff there and we are working as fast as we possibly can," Mr Andrews said.
Earlier
Victoria has recorded one new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.
That number could increase later in the day as 10,000 more test results are received by Victorians following a technical issue causing a delay.
The Department of Health and Human Service's daily update shows the case is an international cases in hotel quarantine.
Active COVID-19 cases in Victoria now stand at 39 - one more from yesterday's total.
Yesterday, Victorians received 23,108 test results. But a technical issue is delaying about 10,000 more results from being received.
DHHS will release more information later.
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Victoria recorded zero cases on Thursday. It was the first "doughnut day" since December 30, when three cases were found.
Premier Daniel Andrews urged Victorians to remain vigilant despite the zero-case day.
He returned from holidays early and spoke to media about the NSW border closure and the national cabinet meeting that is set for today.
"Victoria has led the charge on many issues being considered at national cabinet tomorrow," he said. "I am back to make sure those things we have led, become part of the national response."
Mr Andrews also thanked Victorians for their efforts in coming forward to get tested.
"When you think about it we have done 142,000 tests, almost 30,000 a day, over the last five days," he said on Thursday. "Thank you to each Victorian who has come forward and got tested."
To view the list of exposure sites and high-risk locations visit www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/case-locations-and-outbreaks.
For more information, phone the COVID-19 hotline on 1800 675 398.
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