Victoria is set to enter lockdown FIVE starting TONIGHT and lasting at least three days as the state takes 'go hard, go early' approach to stop growing Delta strain Covid cluster
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/australia-top-news/article-9790127/Coronavirus-... Melbourne is bracing for tough new Covid restrictions after infections surge
Two more cases who attended AFL match at the MCG has since been reported
Speculation Victoria will be plunged into fifth lockdown from midnight Thursday
State's latest coronavirus outbreak has climbed to 16 cases across Melbourne
By Kylie Stevens and Levi Parsons For Daily Mail Australia and Australian Associated Press
Published: 12:32 AEST, 15 July 2021 | Updated: 15:20 AEST, 15 July 2021
Victoria is on the brink of an 'unavoidable' snap lockdown after the state's latest coronavirus outbreak climbed to 16 cases.
Crisis meetings between Victorian government ministers and health officials will continue on Thursday afternoon, amid speculation the state will be plunged into its fifth lockdown in 16 months.
Details of the 'unavoidable' snap lockdown are still being discussed with a decision to be announced by Premier Daniel Andrews later on Thursday and would come into effect from midnight, the Herald Sun reported.
Health department sources told the publication it would be similar to the previous lockdown and would likely last between three and five days.
Officials believe Victoria needs to go hard and go early to contain its latest outbreak.
The lockdown is expected to include the closure of schools, along with a host of new restrictions to be reinstated.
Victoria initially recorded no further local cases on Thursday on top of 10 new cases announced a day earlier.
Health officials have since confirmed two more cases who attended an AFL match between Geelong and Carlton at the MCG last Saturday.
The pair, believed to be a man and 11-year-old boy are linked to an infected Maribyrnong man who sat in a separate area in the MCC member's reserve on level 2.