COVID-19 hot spots in Melbourne: Footscray Hospital and more
Melbourne’s coronavirus hot spots have been revealed and include shopping centres, a Chemist Warehouse and a KFC restaurant. These are the high-risk places.
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Locations around Melbourne that are high-risk for coronavirus have been revealed by the state government and include popular shopping centres.
While cases are plummeting by the day, the Department of Health and Human Services say if anyone has visited a high-risk location on specific dates they should be wary of coronavirus symptoms.
The locations and dates are:
■ Chemist Warehouse, 433 Sydney Road in Brunswick on September 11
■ Burwood One Shopping Centre in Burwood East on September 13 and 14.
■ Provans Mitre 10 in Clifton Hill on September 10.
■ Craigieburn Shopping Centre in Craigieburn on September 11.
■ The 6.00am V/Line Train from Deer Park Station to Southern Cross Station and the 3.45pm V/Line Train Southern Cross Station to Deer Park Station between September 2 and 5, and on September 7.
■ The Glen Woolworths in Glen Waverley on September 6.
■ Greenvale Lakes Woolworths in Roxburgh Park on September 6.
■ The 8.42pm Reservoir to Flinders Street train on September 6.
■ Westfield Fountain Gate in Narre Warren between August 18 and September 6.
■ Roxburgh Park Coles between September 6 and 10.
■ Freshplus Roxburgh Park on September 10
■ The 6.30am tram 86 Southern Cross Station to Northcote Station and the 3.15pm tram 86 Northcote Station to Southern Cross Station between September 2 and 5 and on September 7.
■ The V/Line train Southern Cross Station to Ballarat Station & return on September 3.
■ The V/Line train Southern Cross Station to Ballarat Station on September 7.
■ The 1.12pm Southern Cross to Reservoir train on September 6.
■ Westgate Port Melbourne KFC on September 11 and 12.
Meanwhile, key outbreaks, including one significant one in Casey, continue to be traced and driven down.
“It just gives you a sense of one person, just a single person, can infect many, many other people,” Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said.
“And the contact tracing work has seen us pull that up. There is still, I’m sure, close contacts and others will be very much monitored to make sure that if they exhibit symptoms, that we can further isolate them.
“But they’re all isolated there. We believe that we can pull it up at that number, but again, it’s always subject to and events as they unfold. Whether it’s there for in Colac, where one person ended up infecting through chains of transmission, 25-plus people.”
The key outbreaks and how many active cases are linked to each:
■ Casey community outbreak 30
■ Footscray Hospital 14
■ Wydinia Kindergarten 6
■ Dandenong Police Station 6
■ Alfred Hospital 6
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