The latest news from Victoria's COVID-19 alert
Melbourne is once again on high alert after recording a number of new cases overnight following a concerning development.
Health officials sent out a new public warning on Wednesday night, urging anybody who was at the Sunbury Square Shopping Centre between 3:40pm and 4:30pm last Friday to get a Covid-19 test.
Four things you need to know this morning:
Three locally acquired COVID-19 cases have been linked to the Holiday Inn in Melbourne
The Holiday Inn has now been evacuated and closed
Two schools have been closed in Sunbury
Victoria won't raise its weekly intake of international arrivals to 1,300
“This is a wicked enemy, made more challenging by the fact that it is changing, it is a moving target.. these mutant strains are highly infectious, hyper-infectious, really, and it is a very significant cause for concern, not just for us but I think for every government and public health officials across the country"
Premier Daniel Andrews today, announcing the closure of the Holiday Inn.