Tate Papworth
Another Brimbank school has been forced to close its doors as the COVID-19 cluster linked to a Keilor Downs family grows.
Keilor View Primary School is today closed and undergoing a deep clean of affected classrooms and common areas after a student tested positive to the virus.
Contact tracing is under way and testing will be undertaken as appropriate.
The Keilor View Primary pupil is one of two new cases yesterday linked to the Keilor Downs family outbreak, which now totals 13 people across eight households.
The other new case linked to this family outbreak has been found in a person who worked at the Coles Distribution Centre in Laverton while infectious last week.
The centre underwent a deep clean last night, but health officials say due to its size, regular cleaning measures and physical distancing, the risk of transmission is very low.
The centre will be able to continue to operate with strict physical distancing.
The increase takes the total number of active cases within Brimbank to 15, with an overall total of 91.
Brimbank has been named as a virus “hot spot” by the state government, which will increase testing throughout the municipality.
On Monday, Keilor Downs Secondary College and Albanvale Primary School were also closed after students tested positive.
Albanvale Primary School will remain shut until at least Wednesday after a second staff member tested positive for COVID-19, while it’s the second time Keilor Downs Secondary has been forced to close following a positive test.
Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said there would be no shortage of testing sites.
“We will be providing a pop-up clinic, which is open this morning in the Keilor Downs community, we are also extending the opening hours of the Deer Park drive-through site to weekends,” Ms Mikakos said.
There would also be roving testing squads on the ground in Brimbank, as well as a pop-up clinic in Sunshine.
“We have a team of 50 starting from today to do door knocking,” Ms Mikakos said.
“We are going to start with Brimbank and Cardinia, and they will be people clearly identifiable as public health officials who will be able to provide the community in those hot spot locations with more information and advice.”
