The Victorian health department issued a late-night exposure site warning to all passengers and crew on a Virgin airways flight that travelled from Sydney to Melbourne to immediately self-isolate at home and contact the department for further information.
The warning affects all passengers and crew who travelled on flight VA 838, which left Sydney at midday and arrived in Melbourne at 1.25pm on Saturday.
The department said that two international travellers are now in mandatory quarantine in Victoria, after arriving in Sydney on Saturday and boarding the domestic flight to Melbourne without quarantining in NSW.
The department did not, however, indicate whether the two travellers had tested positive to coronavirus or provide details about how the travellers had managed to avoid the strict quarantine requirements in place in NSW.
It said a "comprehensive public health response is underway", and that they had mobilised testing and full contact tracing teams.
"Anyone who has been at the Melbourne Airport domestic terminal on Saturday afternoon is advised to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms and to seek testing if symptoms develop," the department said on Twitter.
The DHHS took the unusual step of asking passengers who were on the flight to contact the department on 1300 651 160.
"Melbourne Airport is not a current risk to the public – you may continue to visit the airport, in line with current restrictions."
The warning comes as Victoria celebrated its 36th day in a row without any new coronavirus cases, with changes to mask rules and the relaxing of other measures expected to be announced on Sunday.
There were no additional deaths reported on Saturday morning, and 7670 COVID-19 tests were completed across Friday.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton told a state parliamentary committee on Friday afternoon that Victoria was ultimately moving to a "phase where there is even more limited use of masks in public".
Like many airlines, Virgin Australia have instituted travel arrangements to reduce risk to fliers.
"Wherever possible we will try to keep an empty seat between guests travelling alone, however, this may not always be possible. Guests are asked to avoid unnecessary movement around the cabin and avoid gathering in the aisles,” its website says.
"We have special safety protocols in place for any guest who may exhibit COVID-19 symptoms on a flight, and we will work with health officials if that happens."
David Estcourt is a court and general news reporter at The Age.
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