Today is August 14, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, an expanded COVID-19 testing push will start in Ballarat from today as new cases grow across the city, and medical and nursing student placements have been withdrawn from Ballarat Health Services' emergency department as the health service tightens its COVID-19 controls.

Today is August 13, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, there have been four new COVID-19 cases found in Ballarat for the second day in a row, as the YMCA Lucas Kindergarten is closed after a child attending the centre tested positive for coronavirus.

Today is August 12, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, Two Ballarat Hungry Jack's restaurants have been closed for deep cleaning after an employee tested positive to COVID-19 and the Premier has issued a stern warning for people travelling between Ballarat and Melbourne for work.

Today is August 11, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, the schism over the Gatekeepers Cottage project has widened and the aged care commission has heard that the sector was unprepared for the pandemic.

Today is August 10, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, Ballarat’s coronavirus count has increased by two as Sunday marks the state’s deadliest day yet, and the Victorian government announces further funding and support for childcare and mental health services.

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