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Here is a list of Ballarat area exposure sites, including their tier level. On Friday night a new Tier 1 exposure site at Daylesford was added. Tier 1: Get tested immediately, quarantine for 14 days from date...

The Delacombe Town Centre has reopened after undergoing deep cleaning. The centre closed for two days after four shops, including K-Mart and Woolworths, were listed as a tier one exposure site. Centre manager Garrath Holdstock says Wollies...

Close to 100 Ballarat Health Services workers are out of action after visiting exposure sites. Meanwhile St John of God’s has lost about 30. Acting BHS CEO Melanie Robertson says they are working to return them to...

Two of region’s ten active Covid cases have been admitted to hospital. The remaining eight are isolating at home. Ballarat Health Services acting chief Acting Melanie Robertson says the two are in a stable condition. "We have ten...

Ballarat has recorded three new Covid cases in the last 24 hours. The news cases bring the total number of active cases in the city to nine.All are household contacts of existing cases and there are...

A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of the state and Ballarat is right in the firing line. Strong northerly's will develop today ahead of a cold front tonight with gusts of around 90km/h...

  Ten thousand extra Covid-19 vaccines will be sent to Ballarat over the next two to three weeks. It comes ahead of a major vaccination drive in light of the recent outbreak which sees 6 cases in...

An unlinked Covid case in Ballarat has health authorities concerned. It’s the believed the case has been infectious since September 7. Victorian COVID Commander Jeroen Weimar says five of the cases are in the 3350 postcode, while...

Victorian COVID Commander Jeroen Weimar is in Ballarat to coordinate plans to tackle the outbreak. It follows the deployment of government's Regional Response Unit. He says the Unit will support a major testing drive. "We are working through...

Mayor Daniel Moloney is in isolation after visiting a tier one exposure site. He entered The Forge on Saturday during a time which fell in the tier one category. He says he is awaiting a test result. "The...