Victoria’s run of more than 60 days without a locally-acquired COVID-19 case has come to an end. Three women – two in their 40s and one in her 70s – in the Melbourne suburbs of Mitcham, Hallam and Mentone have been diagnosed with COVID-19. “It is believed there is a link to Sydney but close contact interviews are underway now,” a Victorian government spokeswoman told AAP on the night of December 30. NSW health authorities are working to get on top of growing virus clusters in Sydney and Wollongong. Victoria’s testing chief Jeroen Weimar said extensive contact tracing was underway in Melbourne, with more than 40 primary close contacts supported to isolate immediately. More close contacts are expected to emerge. “We have been in this position before and we are deploying our full outbreak approach around these cases,” Weimar said. He added that the three women had done the right …