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Zero new COVID-19 cases recorded in Victoria as thousands set to rally
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Nicole Precel
By Nicole Precel
June 6, 2020 — 12.26pm
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Victoria has recorded no new coronavirus cases for the first time since the pandemic began, but authorities are warning the risk is not over ahead of a protest in Melbourne.
One person with COVID-19 at Saturday's Black Lives Matter rally could be all it takes to squander the gains made, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has warned.
There have been no new cases confirmed since Friday, Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said on Saturday morning.
"We've been able to achieve this through Victorians doing an incredible job of keeping themselves & each other safe," she tweeted.
"The public health advice is that the risk is not over yet so it's up to all of us to keep it up."
Seven people remain in hospital, with one in intensive care. So far, 1586 people have recovered and 19 people have died in Victoria.
There have been no new cases recorded in NSW, but one new case and two historical infections in WA, bringing the state's total to 599 with 31 active cases.
A Melbourne man has tested positive in Queensland, the state's only new case of coronavirus, after he flew into Bundaberg via Brisbane for a fruit picking job this week. His diagnoses brings Queensland's total to 1061.
The man, in his 20s, socialised with about 15 family members and friends during an overnight stay, before flying with Virgin to Bundaberg to work at a strawberry farm.
Contact tracing is underway and four people who shared accommodation with him have tested positive.
Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young is telling Queenslanders not to wait for a phone call from a contact tracer and to instead get tested if they have symptoms.
On Friday, a primary school in Melbourne's north was closed after a prep student tested positive to COVID-19.
In a Facebook post on Saturday morning, Labor MP Ros Spence said that Newbury Primary School in Craigieburn would reopen on Tuesday after the site had been cleaned.
This week health authorities reiterated their concerns about mass gatherings ahead of a planned protest in Melbourne's CBD.
"Unfortunately, now is not the time for thousands of people to gather together, putting your and others’ health at risk," Professor Sutton said on Thursday afternoon.
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