Live breaking news: Second Melbourne aged care resident with Covid

Even an extension of seven days won't be long enough for the current Melbourne outbreak, an epidemiologist has said, warning it may need to last until the end of June. 

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Acting Premier James Merlino has delivered bad news for Melbournians, announcing a lockdown extension as the state's locally acquired cases grow. Regional Victoria, however, has been granted freedoms in areas less at risk of virus exposure.

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