Little River, Lilydale and Caroline Springs covidiots busted by police

A Little River man has been fined in the past 24 hours for attempting to pick up a mate for a night on the grog. And he wasn’t the only covidiot the police picked up. SEE THEIR DUMB EXCUSES.

A man in Little River was fined in the past 24 hours for breaching Melbourne’s strict 5km radius rule while attempting to pick up a mate for drinks. Picture: GENERIC

A man driving in Little River to pick up his drinking buddy for a night on the sauce is among those busted by police for flouting the state’s strict virus rules.

Melbourne’s stage 4 lockdown was extended for another two weeks on Sunday to September 28, with some retail and dine-in hospitality services expected to open on October 26 but most of Melbourne still in lockdown until at least November 23.

The rules make Melbourne’s lockdown the longest of any city in the world.

Police issued 177 fines in the past 24 hours to people disobeying the chief health officer’s directives, including 11 to people who weren’t wearing masks, 68 for curfew breaches and 28 to people travelling beyond their 5km radius.

Wyndham has 204 active virus cases as of Monday and 2155 have been recorded across the municipality since the pandemic began.

Aside from the man picking up his mate in Little River, police also fined two men and one woman since yesterday for knocking back alcoholic beverages and listening to music while floating in a rubber boat in the Caroline Springs Lake.

A man in Lilydale was fined after cops discovered he was more than 40km from home.

His excuse, he told police, was that he thought restrictions had ended and had gone out for a day trip.

Graphs courtesy of covid19data.com.au

While another man in Whitehorse copped a fine while walking to pick up his takeaway outside of curfew hours. He told police he took the risk because he didn’t want to pay the Uber Eats delivery fee.

Virus clusters at aged care homes are proving to be a major obstacle to the State Government’s push for zero cases.

As of Monday 232 virus infections have been linked to BaptCare Wyndham Lodge in Werribee, the highest number of any active aged care outbreaks according to the latest Department of Health and Human Services figures.

Victoria recorded 41 new virus cases since yesterday and nine deaths.

To date 675 people have died from coronavirus across the state.

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