COVID UPDATE – NEW EXPOSURE SITES

TIER 1

Anyone who attend the below site during the listed time frame must immediately isolate, get tested and quarantine for 14 days from exposure:

• Bundoora – Jump! Swim Schools, 4/37 The Concord, May 21 8.55am – 10.15am. Case attended venue.
• Epping – Nando’s Epping, Shop 17 Dalton Village, 351-371 Dalton Road, Epping. May 5 8:30pm – 9:20pm. Case attended venue.
• Epping – Woolworths Epping North. May 22 4:45pm – 5:45pm. Case attended venue.

Anyone who attend the below site during the listed time frame must immediately isolate, get tested and stay isolated until further notice:

• Maribyrnong – Highpoint Shopping Centre, 120-200 Rosamond Road, May 20, 5pm – 8pm.

TIER 2

• Brunswick – Futsal Brunswick, 409 Victoria Street, Brunswick. May 23 9:00am – 10:00am. Case attended venue. The Department may provide you with specific advice depending on what activity you participated in at this exposure site.
• Epping – Epping North Shopping Centre. May 22 4:45pm – 5:50pm. Case attended venue.
• Epping – House and Party, 2 Lyndarum Drive, Epping. May 22 5:15pm – 5:50pm. Case attended venue.
• Epping – Urban Diner Food Court, Pacific Epping Shopping Centre. May 23 1:15pm – 2:30pm. Case attended Urban Diner Food Court – inside location (not outside dining precinct with individual restaurants).
• Reservoir – Shell Coles Express Reservoir. May 18 3:15pm – 4:15pm. Case attended venue.
• Reservoir – B.T. Connor Reserve. May 21 8:00pm – 11:30pm. Case attended venue.

What’s new?

• Victoria recorded two new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. Both are returned international travellers in hotel quarantine.
• The total number of COVID-19 cases reported in Victoria is 20,549.
• There were no new deaths and the state’s death toll stands at 820.
• Victoria has 10 active cases.
• A total of 6,197,877 test results have been received. This is an increase of 11,257 since yesterday.
• You can find further details in today’s COVID-19 media release.
• The Department of Health website has full details in the interactive daily report.

Update: New positive cases

A full public health response and extensive contact tracing is underway after four people have tested positive to COVID-19.

The individuals are a male in their 30s, a male in their 70s, a woman in their 70’s and a pre-school aged child. The cases are all family contacts, across 3 households and will be included in tomorrow’s figures.

The individuals have been interviewed and initial exposure sites have been identified and published at https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites.

We are asking everyone linked to the Highpoint exposure site to test and isolate until further notice, until more investigations about the individual’s movements within the facility can be confirmed.

More sites and updates will be added as they are identified.

If you have any symptoms of COVID-19 – such as fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, chills or sweats, or change in sense of smell or taste – get a test immediately.

To see where to get tested, visit https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/where-get-tested-covid-19

Mental health resources

• Many Victorians are feeling fatigued, isolated or lonely. If you need support for your mental health there are mental health resources you can access on our website.
• If Victorians are not safe at home, they can seek help and support at an Orange Door or other family violence support service. If you or someone you know is at risk or experiencing family violence, call 000 in an emergency or Safe Steps 24/7 crisis service on 1800 015 188.
• The Partners in Wellbeing hotline (1300 375 330) is available for referrals from people who identify as LGBTIQ, multicultural, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, veterans and people experiencing homelessness.

For further Information please visit: 

• Locations of respiratory assessment clinics and testing sites are available online and through an interactive map.
• Find out the latest information about visiting care facilities and hospitals on our website.
• Protecting our healthcare workers (PDF) sets out the very latest in our understanding of COVID-19 and how it can spread within healthcare settings – both hospitals and aged-care facilities.
• A new Infection Prevention and Control resource hub is now online, and includes a new factsheet on protective eyewear and the Guide to the conventional use of PPE (Word) Updated information for health care workers is available online on the PPE coronavirus page.
• Department of Health and Human Services Victoria | COVID-19 Chief Health Officer update (dhhs.vic.gov.au)