Victoria Covid-19 hot spots: Costco store added to exposure site alerts list

A shopping centre has been added to a growing list of more than 360 venues exposed to coronavirus in Victoria.

A Costco store has been added to Victoria’s growing list of Covid-19 public exposure sites, which has now risen above 360.

The Department of Health also issued health warnings for a shopping centre in Melbourne's outer northern suburbs and an office building along Collins St in the CBD.

Anyone who visited the Costco Superstore at the Docklands on May 30 from 3pm-4pm is urged to get tested immediately and to isolate until a negative result is returned, under Tier 2 requirements.

The same advice is given to anyone who visited the Merrifield City Shopping Centre at Mickleham on May 31 between 9.45am-10.40am and the office building located at 55 Collins St on May 25 from 8.30am-6.30pm.

The Merrifield City Shopping Centre has been added to the exposure site list. Picture: Supplied

Other venues on the exposure site list include:

POINT COOK: Kmart, Sanctuary Lakes, May 26 between 5.10pm and 6.30pm; Tier

POINT COOK: Punjabi by Nature Restaurant, Sanctuary Lakes, May 26 between 5.10pm-6.30pm; Tier 1

• MELBOURNE CBD: World Shiner; 227 Collins Street; May 31 between 9am-4.30pm; Tier 1
• MELBOURNE CBD: OPSM; 233 Collins Street; May 31 between 2.30pm-2.45pm; Tier 2
• BRUNSWICK: Barkly Shopping Centre; May 27 between 4pm-5pm; Tier 2
• BRUNSWICK: Coles Barkly Shopping Centre; May 27 between 4pm-5pm; Tier 2
• BRUNSWICK: Gangemi fruit and vegetable store; Shop 13, 90-106 Sydney Road; May 27 between 4pm-5pm; Tier 2

Peak hour Mernda train line services were added overnight after an infected commuter travelled on four trains.

• Mernda Line, South Morang Station to Epping Station on May 24 from 4.31pm to 4.35pm;
• Mernda Line, Epping Station to Reservoir Station on May 26 from 9.36am to 9.48am;
• Mernda Line, Reservoir Station to Epping Station on May 25 from 9.06pm to 9.17pm;
• Mernda Line, Epping Station to Reservoir Station on May 25 from 9.16am to 9.28am.

The health department said a confirmed case travelled on those trains, listing the services as tier 2 sites.

People who were on those services are required to get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result.

Masks are required to be worn on public transport. Picture: Andrew Henshaw / NCA NewsWire

It comes after the department added six bus routes in Melbourne’s north as tier 1 exposure sites on Thursday, with passengers urgently required to get tested and quarantine for 14 days regardless of the result.

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

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

The latest outbreak in Victoria has jumped to 61 cases. Picture: David Crosling / NCA NewsWire

On Thursday night, every exposure site in Anglesea, on the state’s Surf Coast, was removed after two previously reported cases were reclassified as “false positives”.

But the health department said the Brighton Beach Hotel and the Metricon display home site would remain exposure sites because they were linked to other cases.

Three new local cases of coronavirus were revealed on Thursday, taking the total number in Victoria’s outbreak to 61.

Melbourne’s lockdown has been extended for seven days until 11.59pm on June 10, with only five reasons to leave home permitted, while regional Victoria had restrictions eased overnight.