Melbourne protester in hospital with COVID-19 as police make more than 90 arrestsIt comes as a Melbourne vaccination centre and a health clinic were closed down after staff were abused while on their way to work during ongoing protests in the city.Published 23 September 2021 at 12:42pm,
updated 39 minutes ago at 7:06pm
A person who attended protests in Melbourne on Wednesday is being treated for COVID-19 in hospital.
The state's health department confirmed the positive case on Thursday evening, as the city appears to have avoided another day of violent protest.
"The Department of Health can confirm that a person who attended the protests in Melbourne’s CBD yesterday is being treated in a Melbourne hospital for COVID-19," it said in a statement.
"We are urging protestors to get tested should they experience COVID-like symptoms, no matter how mild."
The state reported a record 766 new locally acquired infections on Thursday, with the case linked to the protest to be included in Friday's numbers.
Cohealth chief executive Nicole Bartholomeusz said she was "distressed to report" several incidents where workers were physically and verbally abused by rioters because they were wearing cohealth identification.
"Due to the increasingly violent and unpredictable nature of the protests in the city, we have made the difficult decision to close the cohealth Melbourne Town Hall vaccination centre as well as our Central City homelessness service, and our street- based outreach services until Monday," she said in a statement.
The move means people experiencing homelessness will not be able to access services and about 200 people a day won't be vaccinated at the Town Hall.
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