Brimbank residents are on high alert as the number of COVID-19 exposure sites in the municipality and neighbouring suburbs continuing to grow.
The Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital, several shopping centres and a school are among the local exposure sites identified by the Department of Health.
There are currently exposure sites in Braybrook, Caroline Springs, Derrimut, Deer Park, Burnside, Kealba, Keilor Downs, Sunshine West, Taylors Lakes, Taylors Hill, St Albans and Sydenham.
Eleven new COVID-19 cases were announced on Monday morning, which were all linked to known outbreaks.
The department listed a number of exposure sites at the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital on Sunday night.
The maternity assessment centre on level three has been identified as a tier one exposure site on August 6 between 8.15am and 2.45pm.
The Dorevitch Pathology on the ground floor of the hospital was also identified as a tier one site on the same day between 9.05am and 9.50am. Anyone who visited either site during those times must get tested and isolate for 14 days.
The cafe in the hospital’s main corridor has been identified as a tier two exposure site between 9.20am and 9.50am on the same day. Anyone who visited the cafe at that time must get tested and isolate until they get a negative result.
The remainder of the hospital is a tier three exposure site on August 6, between 8.15am and 2.45pm.
As of Sunday, seven cases had been linked to a Spectacle Hub in CS Square, including staff of neighbouring stores.
In a statement on social media, CS Square said that the site was a tier two site between July 27 and August 5, and anyone who had visited the centre during that time needed to get tested and isolate until they get a negative result,
Several locations are classified as tier one sites, with the centre closed for deep cleaning for much of Sunday.
Keilor Central said on its social media that a customer, who has since tested positive for COVID-19, visited the centre on August 4 between 4.45pm and 6.15pm and visited Aldi, Kmart and The Reject Shop.
Watergardens confirmed some its stores are a tier two exposure site, with a positive case attending ANZ between 9.55am and 10.55am on August 3, and House between 4.30pm and 5.45pm on the same time.
While not listed as an exposure site, parents of pupils at Kororoit Creek Primary School and kindergarten were informed of a positive case at school.
Details: https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites.
