Residents living in a Covid hotspot in Melbourne's west are frightened to step outside amid fear the virus is running unchecked among the community.
Newport and its neighbouring suburb of Altona North - both situated in the municipality of Hobsons Bay - became a breeding ground for the virus late last month after a school teacher caught the virus and quickly passed it on.
On Wednesday, known active Covid cases climbed by another 13 in the area, but the actual cases are believed to be far greater.
Victorian health officials approach a Covid-infected resident at the door of his Newport property on Monday. The family argued with two officers, complaining that they needed to eat
Victoria's active Covid cases remain in the hundreds with almost 100 coming from a single area in Melbourne's north
The Newport cluster took hold when it spread to a local footy club
On Tuesday, Daily Mail Australia exposed a Covid-positive Newport family for repeated and blatant breaches of home quarantine.
The family had tested positive to the virus on Monday last week, but continued to roam free for at least eight days before they were finally issued a warning to stop.
The warning only followed inquiries by Daily Mail Australia to both Victoria Police and Victoria's health department, which both continue to ignore Daily Mail Australia's requests for information on the case.
'I've never been angrier with the dimwit families around here and that football club,' one angry resident told Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday.
The Newport Football Club had become the epicentre of the Covid-cluster earlier this month after a member become infected from someone who knew the school teacher.
The Newport cluster has been a thorn in the side of all Victorians since the virus found its way into Al-Taqwa College Islamic school in Tarneit, also in Melbourne's west.
It is understood the Victorian health department was bombarded with similar social media posts in the following days in the hope it would send patrols into the community in a show of strength.
A block of apartments on Mason Street in Newport became ground zero for a cluster that spread across the state
Victorian health officials arrived at the Newport property on Monday afternoon hours after another crew had done a 'drive by' check on the family
Health officials trawl for evidence after they were alerted to a serious Covid breach in Melbourne's west
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Instead, Daily Mail Australia witnessed health officials doing 'drive-by' inspections of Covid-infected residents on Monday without a single official even getting out of their vehicles to make sure all of those infected were actually home.
In fact, the infected family's eldest daughter, who was also positive
