Australia’s first drive-through COVID-19 vaccination hub will open at a former Bunnings warehouse in Melbourne, while Victorians under 40 will be offered AstraZeneca jabs at state-run clinics. The locked-down southern state added 11 locally-acquired infections to its caseload on Sunday, all of them linked to previously reported cases although they were not in quarantine while infectious. However a localised outbreak in a Melbourne public housing tower appears to have been contained, with residents tested overnight returning negative results. Premier Daniel Andrews said families isolating on the 17th floor of the tower at 130 Racecourse Road in Flemington have all been tested. “All returned a negative test result so that’s very pleasing,” he told reporters on Sunday. “It doesn’t mean we are out of the woods there, doesn’t mean we can change the settings, but better to have negative results than positive.” Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said 17 immediate family members had been …
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