Health department lists new Melbourne public exposure sites

New public exposure sites have been added in Melbourne with confirmed virus cases visiting a shopping centre, cinemas and a bayside yacht club.

A suburban shopping centre, a cinemas and a bayside yacht club have been revealed as the latest coronavirus public exposure sites in Victoria.

In a New Year’s Eve late night update, the Department of Health and Human Services added five new venues across Melbourne to the list places visited by a confirmed case of COVID-19.

It comes as Victoria recorded five new locally acquired cases in the past 24 hours, all announced on December 31.

Another three virus cases were recorded in hotel quarantine, taking the number of active cases in the state to 18.

The state government rushed to introduce a number of new restrictions on Thursday following the cases of community transmission, with masks now compulsory indoors and household gatherings reduced from 30 to 15.

Anyone who attended the following locations at any of the listed times should get tested immediately and stay home until they receive a negative result.

• Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre, including food court, TK Maxx, Target and Woolworths on December 28 from 12 noon to 2pm;
• Melissa Oakleigh Restaurant, 5 Eaton Mall, Oakleigh, on December 28 from 7.30pm to 8.15pm, after a positive case ate dinner for 45 minutes;
• Village Cinemas Century City Gold Class, 285-287 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley, during the screening of Wonder Woman 1984, on December 28 from 2.45pm to 5.30pm;
• Coles, 2 Princes Domain Drive, Hallam, on December 30 from 6.15pm to 6.30pm after a positive case shopped in store for 15 minutes;
• Royal Brighton Yacht Club, 253 Esplanade, Brighton, on December 29 from 12pm to 1.30pm, after two cases dined while infectious.

For a full list of Victorian exposure sites, please visit the DHHS website.