Live breaking news: Scary new way virus is spreading

Fleeting contact between those who were initially thought to be resilient to the virus is a concern for health officials.

Health officials are investigating a Covid transmission between two school students and another at a playground.

The contact is a concern for the Victorian government and its growing exposure sites. 

Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton said with the delta variant there is a greater risk of spreading the virus between children.

“Fifty of our current cases are under the age of 10. We have seen child to child transmission throughout this outbreak, in schools, in other circumstances. It happens very quickly in households between children,” he said.

“We are investigating a potential transmission in a playground. It is not definitive and maybe we will not be able to make it definitive but it looks like there has been transmission in a playground.

“We have also seen transmission between students who were not in classes together who did not have any other face to face interaction other than sharing a walk home, didn't play together, don't live together, didn't have classes together.”

Of the 24 new cases, 21 have been linked to known outbreaks and 10 were infectious in the community.

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