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Full list of exposure sites that led to Melbourne’s snap lockdown

Victoria added seven venues to an exposure site list that now includes two bus routes, a train and Melbourne’s Terminal 4 as the cluster grows.

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Victoria’s health department has added seven new venues to its list of exposure sites in addition to the whole of Melbourne’s Terminal 4 as the cluster grows and Victoria enters a five-day lockdown.

They include two bus routes and a train, as well as an equipment rental company and a service station.

The latest locations are:

Function venue at 426 Sydney Rd, Coburg, between 7.14pm and 11.30pm on Saturday February 6.

Coates Hire Werribee at 6.45am-7.30am and Caltex Woolworths at 6.40am-7.15am in Hoppers Crossing on Monday February 8; Stowe Australia in South Melbourne at 10.30am-10.45am on the same day.

The 901 bus route from Melbourne Airport to Broadmeadows Station at 1.02pm–1.49pm; the Craigieburn Line train (Broadmeadows Station to Glenroy Station) at 1.25pm–1.59pm and the 513 bus route (Glenroy Station towards Eltham) at 1.35pm–2.17pm on Tuesday February 9.

Anyone who visited these locations must get tested and remain isolated for 14 days. The latest list of COVID-19 exposure sites can be found here.

It came after a worker at a Melbourne Airport cafe was revealed as the positive case responsible for the late night alert terminal 4.

Brunetti cafe was added to the COVID-19 public exposure sites list after the employee worked a shift on Tuesday.

A Melbourne Airport spokeswoman said the Brunetti team member was a close contact of a previously confirmed case of a Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn quarantine worker and later developed the virus.

During the worker’s nine hour shift 29 flights departed from or landed at Terminal 4.

A second airport worker thought to be a cleaner was also confirmed by Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly to have worked at Tullamarine Airport whilst infectious.

The health department issued an urgent alert at 12.35am on Friday for the Brunetti cafe inside Terminal 4 after a confirmed case visited the venue.

Anyone who was at the cafe from 4.45am to 1.15pm on February 9 needs to isolate immediately, get tested and remain quarantined for 14 days.

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The Brunetti Cafe at Terminal 4 at Melbourne Airport has been closed after it was linked to the most recent COVID cluster. Picture: Andrew Henshaw
The Brunetti Cafe at Terminal 4 at Melbourne Airport has been closed after it was linked to the most recent COVID cluster. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Brunetti has been closed until further notice with the spokeswoman confirming the airport completed a deep clean of the cafe overnight.

“Melbourne Airport continues to work closely with the Department of Health to support contact tracing,” she said.

Premier Daniel Andrews announced a snap five-day lockdown on Friday which would last until Wednesday.

There are also concerns the virus could spread interstate.

NSW health authorities are advising people who have arrived from Victoria since January 27 to check whether they have visited a COVID-19 exposure site.

NSW Health said anyone who has visited an exposed venue in Victoria must immediately get tested and isolate for up to 14 days and anyone who arrived from Victoria after midnight on Friday will need to isolate at home.

The news comes after a further two cases linked to the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn outbreak were confirmed late on Thursday night, taking the total number of cases in the cluster to 13.

There are now more than 30 venues on Victoria’s “tier 1” public exposure sites list.

Anyone who has visited a “tier 1” exposure site is required to immediately isolate, get tested and remain isolated for 14 days.

The Holiday Inn at Tullamarine Airport was evacuated on Wednesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ David Crosling
The Holiday Inn at Tullamarine Airport was evacuated on Wednesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ David Crosling

Sunbury Square Shopping Centre remains a “tier 2” exposure site with those at the venues between 3.40pm and 4.30pm on February 5 strongly encouraged to urgently get a test and isolate until they receive a negative result.

“The locations on this list are not a current risk to the public and you can visit them in line with current restrictions,” the health department said.

“These premises have had confirmed cases visit during their infectious period.

“This does not mean that there is an ongoing risk associated with the premises and you can safely visit the site in line with current restrictions.

“If you have visited an exposure site lately but not in the specified time, please continue to monitor for symptoms. Isolate and get a coronavirus test if symptoms develop.”

For a full list of public exposure sites visit the health department website.

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