Sikhs in Victoria have graciously prepared meals for people living in Melbourne public housing tower blocks.
Nine tower blocks in the city's inner northwestern suburbs have been put into hard lockdown after dozens of coronavirus cases were recorded.
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While they have been given food from the state government, some are claiming the rations are woefully inadequate.
As a result, the Sikh Volunteers of Australia have banded together to dish out hundreds of free meals to two blocks in Flemington and Kensington.
They wrote on Facebook: "With the help and coordination of Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and Victoria Police today we were able to served 1325 meals. Thank you everyone for your kind support.
"We are not making any direct contact with anyone. We leave food on the table, people come there one by one and take food from there."
There are around 3,000 people who were placed into hard lockdown over the weekend in a bid to contain the outbreak of coronavirus cases.
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Victorian health authorities have revealed that 191 new cases were detected yesterday, the largest single-day jump in new infections since the pandemic began.
The lockdown was initially meant to be for five days, however some residents have reportedly been told it could be as long as two weeks.
Residents in the tower blocks have taken to social media to show that some of the food they've received from the state government is expired or contains ingredients that they can't eat because they're vegetarian, vegan or religious.
One person told The New Daily that they had been given four sausage rolls to last her 48 hours.
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Another resident, Tekeste Hailu, has told the ABC: "We're treated like criminals pretty much, and they're only targeting the flats. I don't understand why it's a major target. Mostly the people that live in the flats are migrant backgrounds. I just feel like, why only us?"
Coles and Woolworths are working with the government to help get as much fresh food to them as quickly as possible, according to The Age.
Authorities have insisted that they had to move quickly to stop any more people from being infected.
"This is not just a matter of 23- to 30-odd people, this is a matter of many hundreds who have already been exposed and who may already be incubating," Deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van Diemen said on the weekend.