New variant of COVID-19 detected in Victorian community

A variant of COVID-19 previously ONLY seen in hotel quarantine in Australia has been detected in Victoria. The mutation first identified in India and now dominant there is known as "Delta".

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Genomic sequencing has identified the highly transmissible variant in two people in the West Melbourne cluster.

 

There are seven cases linked to the cluster.

 

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says a family of four that travelled to Jervis Bay in New South Wales is believed to be the index case.