Photo: GettyVictoria's police union boss says officers don't want to enforce a ban on playgrounds, as health authorities probe a suspected case of outdoor coronavirus transmission between children. "I hope that our members do not have to ever actively enforce this ban on playgrounds." About 50 of the state's 227 active cases are aged 10 and under, including a child in intensive care, who is in a stable condition. Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said his team was probing a potential case of playground transmission, along with a "more definitive" link between students who walked home together. The state recorded 24 new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with 10 potentially infectious while in the community.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 17, 2021 22:07 UTC