WA Health officials update COVID exposure sites to include bank, post office

WA Health officials have added two new venues to a growing list of COVID-19 exposure sites in Perth, including a Westpac bank.

A bank and a post office have been added to a growing list of COVID-19 exposure sites flagged by WA Health officials as Perth and Peel rebound from a snap three-day lockdown.

Perth and the Peel completed lockdowns overnight after a second straight day of no new community cases.

Interim restrictions remain in place until 12.01am on Saturday, including mandatory face masks and limits on gatherings.

However, WA Health has added the following venues, both in Applecross, to the casual contact list.

APPLECROSS: Post Office, Riseley Street, April 22, 2.30pm to 3pm; Westpac bank, Riseley Street, April 22, 2.15pm to 2.45pm

Anyone who has visited the two sites at the times mentioned need to attend a COVID clinic for testing and isolate at home until receiving a negative result.

“Continue to monitor for symptoms for 14 days following your visit,” a WA Health statement read.

“If you experience any symptoms at any time – fever, coughing, shortness of breath, sore throat, runny nose, loss of smell or taste – go to a COVID clinic to be retested.”

A Westpac bank has been added to the exposure sites. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles

Health officials have also updated the exposure times to the following venues.

• WILLETON: Southlands Shopping Centre (Gilbert’s Fresh Markets, Coles, Bankwest), April 21, 3pm-3.45pm
• BENTLEY: Subway, April 22, 11.45am-12.45pm

Several restaurants are considered high risk, with anyone who has visited at the times listed considered a close contact.

Those people are urged to get tested and complete 14 days of self-quarantine regardless of the test result.

• EAST VICTORIA PARK: Anything La Corner, April 17, 5.30pm-8pm
• JOONDALUP: ThaiThymes (restaurant with seating), Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre, April 22, 4.30pm-8pm
• KARDINYA: Kitchen Inn, April 18, noon-2pm
• MORLEY: Kung Fu Kitchen, April 21, 4pm-8pm
• NORTHBRIDGE: City China Garden, April 20, 5pm-8pm; Good Fortune Roast Duck House, April 19, 3pm-8pm; Fortune Five Chinese Restaurant, April 18, 8pm-9.30pm

WA Premier Mark McGowan locked Perth and Peel down for three days. Picture: Colin Murty

It comes a day after WA Health alerted that a man who contracted coronavirus in Perth visited a Coles supermarket and other venues before flying to Melbourne.

The man left hotel quarantine on April 17 and stayed with a friend and her two children in Kardinya.

That friend had a rapid COVID test and returned a positive result on Friday, becoming the first case of community transmission in WA in more than 12 months.

The case visited several venues during his stay in WA before flying to Melbourne on Wednesday.

People who went to the below locations at the listed times have been urged to get tested and isolate at home until they receive a negative result.

• CRAWLEY: St Catherine’s on Park (Heim building), April 18, 12.01am – April 21, 11.59pm
• BENTLEY: Subway, April 22, 11.45am-12.45pm
• CANNING VALE: Star Family Medicine Practice, April 23, 9am-11am
• KARDINYA: Terry White Chemmart; April 22, 7.10pm-8.30pm
• APPLECROSS: DB Dental, April 22, 8am-6pm
• BOORAGOON: Leisurefit Aquatic Centre, April 21, 5.30pm-7.30pm
• WILLETTON: Southlands Shopping Centre (Gilbert’s Fresh Markets, Coles, Bankwest), April 21, 3pm-3.45pm
• QANTAS: Domestic terminal (T3-T4), April 21, 11am-1pm
• CRAWLEY: St Catherine’s on Park (Heim building) – Dining hall, April 21, 7am- 9am
• NORTHBRIDGE: City China Garden, April 20, 5pm-8pm
• KARDINYA: Kitchen Inn, April 18, noon-2pm
• MOUNT PLEASANT: Brentwood Deli, April 18, 8.30am-9.30am
• EAST VICTORIA PARK: Bananabro, April 17, 5.30pm-8pm
• BOORAGOON: Leisurefit Aquatic Centre, April 17, 3.30pm-6pm