Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted August 12, 2021 Journalists Share Posted August 12, 2021 By Adam Hamilton Victorian harness racing has dodged a bullet. Despite losing three race meetings across Wednesday and yesterday, racing will resume with two meetings today (Friday) – Yarra Valley (day) and Mildura (night). It’s been a frantic couple of days for Harness Racing Victoria since it was notified very late Tuesday night that a participant had subsequently tested positive to COVID-19 after attending the Tabcorp Park Melton race meeting on August 2. Crucially, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) downgraded Tabcorp Park Melton during that August 2 race meeting from a Tier 1 to a Tier 2 exposure site. The exception is a handful of participants who have been deemed “close contacts” with the individual who subsequently tested positive. Those individuals have to quarantine for 14 days (from the August 2 date) and test negative before leaving isolation. In contrast, the other 60 or so participants only needed to isolate until they returned a negative test. The impact of the huge scare has seen tomorrow (Saturday) night’s marquee Melton meeting – which has two Group 3 races – moved to Ballarat. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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