Second anti-vaccine rioter in Melbourne tests positive to coronavirus

Another protester who attended Melbourne's wild demonstrations against mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for construction workers has tested positive to the virus, spurring fears the violent rallies may have been a 'super-spreader' event.

Victoria's Covid-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar confirmed the second case on Sunday, after it was revealed a person at Wednesday's protest at the Shrine of Remembrance had to be hospitalised with the respiratory illness.

The latest case is a man in his 30s from Geelong who 'would have been at that protest during his infectious period'.

While Covid transmission is far less likely outdoors the chances of contagion dramatically increase when a person is exposed in close proximity without masks for an extended period of time.

'If you're going to hang around in a crowd of 500 people, then if there are Covid-positive people there … then this is where you're going to see some spread,' Mr Weimar said.

A 'small number' of Police officers who came into contact with the hospitalised protester have also been forced into isolation as a result.

While the chaotic scenes of last week have subsided, anti-vaxxers are finding new ways to cause havoc across Melbourne as Victoria recorded 779 new cases on Sunday - a new pandemic high.

With up to five fully vaccinated Melburnians now permitted to have a picnic outdoors, a small group of unvaccinated illegally gathered at various locations across the city for low-key 'park picnic protests'.

More alarmingly, conspiracy theorists have been making fake jab appointments and not turning up in an effort to disrupt the state's vaccine rollout.

Premier Daniel Andrews said he had been made aware of these reports on Sunday and the impact it's having on GPs.

'You might have a view, but don't stand in the way of other people expressing their view,' he said.

'If you're pretending to take an appointment, that means someone who wants to turn up and get vaccinated so that they can save their life and the lives of others, can't get an appointment.

'That just doesn't make any sense. that's the wrong thing to do.'

Furious construction workers gathered at the head office of the CFMEU on Monday demonstrating against forced Covid jabs on job sites.

The mob smashed up the front of their own union's building and hurled projectiles at bosses trying to calm the crowd.

About 2000 hi-vis wearing protesters then marched aimlessly across the CBD for hours on Tuesday, clashing with police and even walking across the West Gate Bridge where they launched themselves onto cars terrifying motorists.

Disgraceful scenes also played out on Wednesday when hundreds gathered at Melbourne's war memorial bringing condemnation from veterans groups and large sections of the public.

After a tense hours-long stand-off, riot cops moved in on the group throwing bottles and projectiles and dispersed the crowd with rubber bullets, pepper bombs and stinger grenades, as over 200

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