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At the daily media briefing, Mr Foley also reported on the two locally-acquired cases Victoria saw on Friday.
One case was in a second traffic controller from the Moonee Valley testing site. The worker shared a car ride with the original Moonee Valley testing site case.
The second traffic controller isolated immediately as a close contact but had limited time in the community at one exposure site - Woolworths at Devon Plaza in Doncaster on July 28 between 10.20am and 11.25am.
Anyone at the exposure site during those times should isolate immediately for 14 days and complete a coronavirus test.
All other staff at the Moonee Valley testing site have returned initial negative tests and remain in a 14-day quarantine.
The second case Victoria reported this morning was a personal close contact from the Newport apartments visited by the first traffic controlled.
That case moved quickly to hotel quarantine and tested negative but has since developed symptoms and tested positive in hotel quarantine.
The remaining 30 residents at the Newport apartments, including those on the same floor as the new case, have returned their initial COVID-19 tests and remain in isolation and are working with public health teams.
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Victoria has recorded two new coronavirus cases since Friday.
Both cases are locally acquired and connected to current outbreaks but only one was in quarantine during their infectious period.
The new case numbers mean Victoria has reduced its daily numbers each day since July 25.
On July 25, Victoria saw 12 daily cases which dropped to 10 on July 26, eight on July 27, seven on July 28 and three on July 29.
There are now 180 active cases in Victoria - a drop of 20 from the number reported on Friday morning.
Health minister Martin Foley said authorities are still unclear on how the Moonee Valley case - discovered on Wednesday - acquired the virus. Genomic testing has linked this case to the current Delta variant outbreaks but the source of infection is still not known.
He urged people to heed the "early warning signal" and get tested for even the slightest of symptoms.
Prime minister Scott Morrison said on Friday Australia would need to see 80 per cent of the population vaccinated against COVID-19 for the country to be able to open up properly and end restrictions.
"These are targets for all Australians to achieve," the Prime Minister said.
"States, territories, working together, communities working together, individuals, GPs, pharmacists. Australia will get this done by working together.
"The targets are there for us all to achieve and for us all to work towards."
Currently 18.2 per cent of people aged 16 and over are fully vaccinated.
Victoria saw 19,502 vaccinations administered on Friday along with 32,760 test results received.
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