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COVID-19 cases in City of Whittlesea
A Victorian Government public health response is underway after four cases of COVID-19 were found in two households in the City of Whittlesea.
Exposure sites have been added to the Victorian Government’s website:
Jump! Swim School at 4/37 The Concord in Bundoora on 21 May between the hours of 8.55am and 10.15am. If you have visited this site, you will need to get tested and isolate for 14 days.
Highpoint Shopping Centre on 20 May from 5pm to 8pm. If you have visited this site, you will need to get tested and isolate until further notice.
Melissa Cunningham10:04, May 25 2021
Victorian contact tracers are working to identify missing links in a growing coronavirus cluster in Melbourne’s northern suburbs as Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton warns that one of the infected people had been moving around the community with a high viral load. Epidemiologists said one or more undetected cases could have spread the virus beyond the northern suburbs, but Victoria’s Health Minister Martin Foley did not seek to tighten restrictions on Monday or declare a lockdown. The trans-Tasman bubble remains open for now and the New Zealand Ministry of Health is monitoring the situation. The confirmation of the new Covid-19 cases among four family members spread over three households in Melbourne’s outer north on Monday (local time) sent thousands of people into isolation after Highpoint Shopping Centre and a Bundoora swimming school were listed as exposure sites.
News by Matt Young 25th May 2021 5:00 AM Victorians are bracing themselves after four new cases in Melbourne, one likely to be quite infectious , surprised a community and ended the state s 87-day Covid-free streak. But it s not just Victorians that need to worry, according to chief health officer Brett Sutton, who has warned Australians risk further outbreaks over the colder months across the country. In Melbourne, testing sites were open late on Monday night as officials race to identify the origin of the new cases, warning there could be a missing link . While testing centre s opening hours were extended, 7 News reporter Melina Sarris said it took 45-minutes at her local site while on Google, searches for Covid tests sky rocketed.
News by Matt Young 25th May 2021 5:00 AM Victorians are bracing themselves after four new cases in Melbourne, one likely to be quite infectious , surprised a community and ended the state s 87-day Covid-free streak. But it s not just Victorians that need to worry, according to chief health officer Brett Sutton, who has warned Australians risk further outbreaks over the colder months across the country. In Melbourne, testing sites were open late on Monday night as officials race to identify the origin of the new cases, warning there could be a missing link . While testing centre s opening hours were extended, 7 News reporter Melina Sarris said it took 45-minutes at her local site while on Google, searches for Covid tests sky rocketed.