Victoria Covid hot spots: All the public exposure sites added

Multiple bus routes have been added to Victoria’s growing list of 370 coronavirus exposure sites.

Multiple bus routes in Melbourne’s north as well as a scouts hall and swimming school have been added to Victoria’s growing list of coronavirus exposure sites.

The number of affected venues increased to 370 on Thursday after the Department of Health issued a Tier 1 warning for anyone who travelled on six buses.

• PTV BUS NUMBER 357: Gammage Blvd/Edgars Rd to Memorial Ave/High Street; May 28 between 3.08pm-3.18pm; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 357: Epping station to Gammage Blvd/Edgars Rd; May 26 between 9.22pm-9.46pm; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 357: Gammage Blvd/Edgars Rd to Epping Station/Cooper Street; May 26 between 8.46am-9.11am; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 357: Epping station to Coles/Harvest Home Rd; May 25 between 9.22am-9.46am; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 357: Gammage Blvd/Edgars Rd to Epping station/Cooper Street; May 25 between 8.46am-9.11am; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 357: Epping station/Cooper Street to Liquorland/Harvest Home Rd; May 24 between 4.44pm-5.17pm; Tier 1

The Tier 1 warning meant any passengers on the buses needed to quarantine for 14 days and get tested urgently.

The same health advice applied to anyone who visited Joeys Scouts Carlton on May 26 between 6pm-7.30pm and anyone who visited Elite Swimming Ascot Vale on May 25 between 5.15pm and 6pm.

The Department of Health issued a Tier 1 warning for anyone who travelled on six buses. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Wayne Taylor

Victorians have also been warned about how easily the virus is spreading in shopping centres, with testing commander Jeroen Weimar saying at least four of the state’s 50 locally transmitted cases had come from “fleeting” contact.

“This is relatively speaking, relatively fleeting. They do not know each other’s names, and that is very different from what we have been before,” he said.

“This is stranger to stranger transmission.”

A positive case visited the Docklands precinct including Costco on Monday, May 31.

A positive case also visited the Coles Spencer Street outlet on Sunday between noon and 1pm.

Victorians are urged to regularly check the list on the Department of Health website to see if they have visited any of the locations at key times and to get tested immediately if they have.

Anyone who visited the following venues must immediately isolate, get a Covid test and quarantine for 14 days.

• DOCKLANDS: Costco Wholesale, May 31, between 3.30pm and 4.20pm; Tier 1

• CARLTON NORTH: Carlton Scouts Group, May 26, 6pm and 7.30pm; Tier 1

• TRAVANCORE: Elite Swimming Ascot Vale, May 26, 5.15pm to 6pm; Tier 1

• ANGLESEA: Anglesea Golf Club – Bistro, May 25, 6pm to 7.30pm; Tier 1

DOCKLANDS: Coles Spencer Street outlet; May 30 between 12pm-1pm; Tier 1

A Costco in Melbourne has been identified as a place where a positive coronavirus case visited. Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP

On Wednesday the government added these Tier 1 testing sites.

• EUROA: BP Euroa; 29 Tarcombe Street; May 24 between 5pm-6pm; Tier 1
• MELBOURNE CBD: GTA Consultants; Level 24/55 Collins Street and level 25/55 Collins Street; May 25 between 8.30am-6.30pm; Tier 1
• TRUGANINA: Sahib-E-Swad restaurant; 9/215 Palmers Road; May 23 between 7.45pm-9.30pm; Tier 1
• EPPING: JMD Grocers and Sweets; 768 High Street; May 18 between 6.40pm-7.20pm; Tier 1

Anyone who visited Pacific Epping in the past fortnight is being urged to get a Covid test.

On Tuesday, the Department of Health added more Tier 1 sites, meaning anyone who visited the specified locations must quarantine urgently for 14 days and get tested.

• CRAIGIEBURN: Jamaica Blue Cafe Craigieburn Central; May 23 between 10am-11.30am; Tier 1
• SOUTH MELBOURNE: Aldi; 100 Market Street; May 28 between 2pm-3.30pm; Tier 1
• POINT COOK: Quality Meats and Grocery supermarket; Stockland shopping centre; May 26 between 3.30pm-5.30pm; Tier 1
• HEIDELBERG: Woolworths; 451 Lower Heidelberg Road; May 25 between 11am-11.50am; Tier 1
• POINT COOK: Marketplace Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Stockland shopping centre; May 26 between 3.30pm-5.30pm; Tier 1
• SUNSHINE: Co Do Vietnamese restaurant; May 27 between 11am-12pm; Tier 1
• RYE: Subway; 2331 Point Nepean Highway; May 21 between 2pm-4pm; Tier 1

A number of exposure sites have been added at Brimbank shopping centre.

The Department of Health has also gone into more detail about which shops a positive case attended at Brimbank shopping centre in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

• MUFFIN BREAK; Level 1; May 26 between 8.45am-5.30pm; Tier 1
• MUFFIN BREAK; Level 1; May 27 between 11.45am-9.30pm; Tier 1
• MUFFIN BREAK; Level 1; May 28 between 8.45am-6.30pm; Tier 1
• FOOD COURT; Corner of Neale and Station roads; May 26 between 8.45am-5.30pm; Tier 1
• FOOD COURT; Corner of Neale and Station roads; May 27 between 11.45am-9.30pm; Tier 1
• FOOD COURT; Corner of Neale and Station roads; May 28 between 8.45am-6.30pm; Tier 1
• MALE BATHROOMS; Corner of Neale and Station roads; May 26 between 8.45am-5.30pm; Tier 1
• MALE BATHROOMS; Corner of Neale and Station roads; May 27 between 11.45am-9.30pm; Tier 1
• MALE BATHROOMS; Corner of Neale and Station roads; May 28 between 8.45am-6.30pm; Tier 1

A Woolworth supermarket in Heidelberg is a Tier 1 exposure site. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

Other venues added on Monday were:

• Stockland Point Cook Shopping Centre ‐ 3.30pm to 5.30pm, May 26;
• Subway Chelsea Heights ‐ 11.30am to 12.10pm, May 25;
• Australia Post South Melbourne ‐ 5.55pm to 6.40pm, May 21;
• Adairs Parkdale Plaza ‐ 1pm to 2.10pm, May 25;
• Bakers Delight Tooronga Village ‐ 4.10pm to 5pm, May 23;
• Connor Cranbourne Park Shopping Centre ‐ 10.0am to 11.30am, May 23;
• Giant Bike Shop ‐ 3.21pm to 4.30pm, May 22;
• BP Thomastown ‐ 2.30pm to 3pm, May 19, and 3.25pm to 4.10pm, May 20;
• United Service Station Doncaster East ‐ 4.50pm to 5.30pm, May 15;
• Melbourne Kebab Station Reservoir ‐ 2pm to 2.30pm, May 11;
• Metro Petroleum Reservoir ‐ 1.50pm to 2.30pm, May 11;
• APCO Service Station Epping ‐ 3.30pm to 4.15pm, May 26;
• Shaan A Punjab Haveli Campbellfield ‐ 3.45pm to 4.20pm, May 12;
• BP Petrol Station Thomastown ‐ 2.40pm to 3.30pm, May 28;
• Arcare Maidstone Aged Care Facility ‐ May 26, 27, 28 29;
• Footscray Market ‐ 1.40pm to 2.30pm, May 27;
• Footscray Market ‐ 1.50pm to 2.30pm, May 26;
• Liberty Oil ‐ 7.05pm to 7.40pm, May 23;
• Brimbank Shopping Centre ‐ 8.45am to 6.30pm, May 26, 27 and 28.

A bus being deep cleaned at Dyson bus depot in Bundoora in Melbourne after several routes were listed exposure sites. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Wayne Taylor

Seven buses on the state’s public transport network were also added to the list.

• PTV BUS NUMBER 412; Central Square shopping centre/Merton Street to Footscray Station route; May 27 between 5.40am-6.25am; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 412; Paisley Street/Footscray to Millers Road/Geelong route; May 27 between 2.39pm-2.52pm; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 412; Central Square shopping centre/Merton Street to Footscray Station route; May 26 between 5.40am-6.25am; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 406; Emu Road/Smith Street to Footscray Station route; May 26 between 1.28pm-1.44pm; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 406; Emu Road/Smith Street to Footscray Station route; May 26 between 6.34am-6.50am; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 525; Highland SC/Grand Bvd to Donnybrook Rd/Dwyer Street Craigieburn route; May 19 between 3.15pm-4.45pm; Tier 1
• PTV BUS NUMBER 525; Highland SC/Grand Bvd to Donnybrook Rd/Dwyer Street Craigieburn route; May 25 between 3.15pm-4.45pm; Tier 1
  

The exposure sites are the latest in a growing list of places where people with coronavirus have visited while infectious.

A Big W in Craigieburn in Melbourne’s outer northern suburbs was placed on high alert after a positive case attended the store on May 20 between 11.30am and 12.30pm.

The same goes for the Unit Hill Town Centre in Bundoora after a positive case visited on May 25 between 2.47pm and 4.07pm.

Agora IGA Express shoppers who visited that same day between 11.20am and 12.15pm must also isolate after it was added as a Tier 1 venue.

Other Tier 1 venues included Coles Epping Plaza, on May 19 between 3pm and 3.48pm and the Metricon Homes Campbellfield office on May 25 between 1.33pm-2.36pm.

New Tier 2 sites included Brighton Beach hotel, Kmart Epping, Coles Epping Plaza, Laurimar Medical Centre in Doreen, Ambarsari Dhaba in Craigieburn, Shell Coles Express Braeside, Turtle Cafe Elwood, and Chemist Warehouse at the Epping Homemaker Centre.

An alert has been issued for anyone who visited the DFO Uni Hill Quiksilver, Factorie and Edge shops in Bundoora on May 25 between 2.47pm and 4.07pm.

Anyone who visited Woolworths Cranbourne West on May 22 between 2.25pm and 3.15pm must also get tested urgently and isolate until a result is received.

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Kmart Epping Plaza is among the venues added to the exposure list.

Three sites were added on Sunday including Enchanted Adventure Garden tree surfing in Arthurs Seat on the Mornington Peninsula. A positive case visited the tourist attraction on Friday, May 21, between 11.25am and 3pm and this venue is a Tier 1 exposure site.

Also added were Short Straw cafe in Hawthorn and Metricon Homes Kalkallo-Cloverton Display Homes in Kalkallo.

Shops and restaurants at Melbourne’s biggest shopping centre, Chadstone, were added to the list on Saturday. A person infected with Covid-19 visited the shopping centre on Wednesday, May 26, between 11.30am and 2pm.

Anyone who was at Chadstone on Wednesday during that time must get tested urgently and isolate until they receive a negative result.

Yokozuna restaurant in the complex has been marked a Tier 1 exposure site, meaning anyone who dined there between 11.30am and 12pm on Wednesday must get tested immediately and begin quarantining for 14 days.

Shoppers at Chadstone Shopping Centre last year. The centre has been added to the list of Covid-19 exposure sites in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Tier 2 exposure sites at Chadstone on Thursday are Optus, Bakers Delight and Woolworths.

Other new exposure sites added by the Victorian Department of Health on Friday include the LaTrobe University Library on Tuesday, and locations in Braeside, Cragieburn, Epping, Fingal, Glen Iris, Mernda, Mickleham, South Yarra, St Kilda, and Thomastown.

One of the latest areas of concern is the Mornington Peninsula’s busiest tourist attraction.

The Peninsula Hot Springs at Fingal was added to the Tier 1 exposure list on Friday, eight days after an infectious person visited the reception area between 3pm and 3.45pm on May 21.

Popular tourist attraction Peninsula Hot Springs in Victoria is a Covid-19 exposure site. Picture: Supplied

The Hot Springs closed for business on Thursday, May 27, and posted a notice on its website and social media advising customers it was “pressing pause on operations from 10pm, May 27 until 8am, June 4”.

On Saturday afternoon, further exposure site additions put the list at more than 150 venues.

Victorians have been urged to check the state government’s website for the full and frequently changing list.

On Saturday evening, a dedicated priority testing site was established at the Melbourne Showgrounds for Mount Ridley College students, staff and their families.

A Covid-19 update was sent to parents on Saturday evening, encouraging households to get tested by Sunday 8pm.

Pupils in Year 7 and 8, and teachers who educate those year levels, are being instructed to get tested and quarantine immediately even if they are not identified as a Tier 1 close contact.

The school remains closed and will be deep cleaned while the Department of Health completes a risk assessment.

Covid-19 testing in Fawkner in July. Victorians have been turning out to get tested in record numbers in the state’s fourth lockdown. Picture: Wayne Taylor