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People who have been deemed close contacts must get tested for coronavirus on the 11th day of their quarantine period, Andrews has announced. Should someone choose not to be tested then, their quarantine will be extended by ten days:

From 11:59pm on October 11, a person who has been deemed a close contact by the Department of Health and HumanServices must get tested for coronavirus on day 11 of their quarantine period.

That testing is not mandatory as such, but if a person chooses not to take that coronavirus test on day 11 to establish that they are virus-free at that point, then their quarantine, their mandatory quarantine period will be extended by a further ten days.

Andrews continues:

There are 18 health care workers who are active cases. The rolling average to October 10 is metro 9.3, regional Victoria, 0.4. C

The regional-metro split - there are five active cases in regional Victoria, and they are all in Mitchell Shire. The number of active cases connected to aged care - there are 34 active cases, so again, those numbers continue to fall, which is very important.

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