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7.51am BST
Melrose and Pampas street towers move to stage 3 like the rest of metropolitan Melbourne, Daniel Andrews says.
For six other towers aside from Alfred Street, they also move to stage 3, but those who test positive or are a close contact will be required to isolate.
7.48am BST
For the tower at 33 Alfred Street, Victoria’s chief health officer, Brett Sutton, says it will be treated like quarantine for an aged-care facility. That means lockdown for another nine days. People can leave for medical reasons.
Sutton indicates other towers could open up soon, with some people moved out if it is difficult to isolate:
For all of the other towers, and we will have new cases emerge over coming days, but the numbers are relatively less.
For some, just a few cases. For others, several. We really need to have an intensive monitoring program.