BRIMBANK NORTH WEST
Home » News » Hopes lockdown will end

Hopes lockdown will end

Brimbank residents have their fingers crossed that the fourth COVID-19 lockdown will come to an end this week.

Melbournians are facing their second week of the lockdown, with case numbers not dropping as much as experts would have liked.

In Brimbank, which has one of the highest total number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, there are currently no active cases.

In the 3037 postcode which includes Calder Park, Delahey, Hillside, Sydenham and Taylors Hill there are two active cases.

Brimbank residents have been on high alert, with a number of exposure sites in the municipality.

Aged Care provider BlueCross Western Gardens has been listed as an exposure site. A staff member who worked at the aged care centre on May 28 has tested positive.

All other staff and residents have since returned negative tests.

All residents who were on-site between 12pm and midnight on that day are classified as tier one contacts.

Staff, contractors and visitors who entered the centre’s low care unit and anyone who used the staff communal areas in the high care unit between 4pm and 9.30pm on that day are classified as tier one contacts.

All other staff and contractors and visitors are classified as tier two contacts and need to get tested and isolate until they get a negative test result.

Brimbank Shopping Centre was named an exposure site on three days after a positive case worked at Muffin Break on May 26, 27 and 28.

Tier one sites are Muffin Break, the male staff bathrooms and the food court on each of those three days.

On May 26, the positive case worked between 8.45-5.30pm, on May 27 between 11.45 and 9.30pm and on May 28 between 8.45am and 6.30pm.

Anyone who was at those locations at those times and dates need to get tested and isolate for 14 days.

The rest of the centre on those three days at those times have been named as a tier two site.

Nandos on May 26 between 2pm and 5.30pm was named individually as a tier two site.

Sunshine station and a bus which travelled from the station to Deer Park have been listed as COVID-19 exposure sites.

The 420 bus route between Sunshine railway station at Dickson Street and Brimbank Shopping Centre on May 27 between 11.50am and 12.14pm is classified as a tier one site.

Sunshine station is classified as a tier three site on May 27 between 11.03am and 11.50am on May 27. Anyone who was at the station between those times needs to monitor for symptoms.

Digital Editions


  • Free gardening workshop

    Free gardening workshop

    Locals can learn all about growing produce in small spaces as part of a free workshop hosted by Kororoit Creek Neighbourhood House (KCNH). According to…

More News

  • Gorillas celebrate 100 years

    Gorillas celebrate 100 years

    Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 529791 A century on and this local cricket club doesn’t look too shabby for its age. Grand United Cricket Club (GUCC) is celebrating its…

  • From the archives

    From the archives

    Star Weekly looks back on the articles of our predecessors… 40 years ago 12 February, 1986 The five Centre Unity Keilor councillors last week used their majority in council to…

  • Measles exposure sites

    Measles exposure sites

    Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 247142 The Department of Health has listed three areas in Brimbank as recent measles exposure sites. The paediatric emergency department, and the emergency department…

  • Shots fired in Hillside

    Shots fired in Hillside

    Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 206998 Police are investigating a firearms incident in Hillside on Monday 2 February. Shots were fired outside a Penshurst Court home about 1am. There…

  • Blues sneak home

    Blues sneak home

    Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 528881 Keilor held its nerve late to come away with an important win against Airport West St Christopher’s in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association…

  • Johannisen joins Lions

    Johannisen joins Lions

    Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 283154 A Western Bulldogs premiership player is the latest signing for Deer Park for the Essendon District Football League premier division season. The Lions…

  • Power bill relief a bonus

    Power bill relief a bonus

    The state government used one of the hottest days in Victoria’s history to urge households to apply for its power saving bonus program before it ends on 31 March. Before…

  • Help for heart kids

    Help for heart kids

    Every day in Australia, eight babies are born with a childhood-onset heart disease (CoHD), and this February HeartKids is calling on Australians to help support these children and their families…

  • Slow down around schools

    Slow down around schools

    Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 206998 With Victorian students returning to school for Term 1 of 2026, police are reminding motorists to slow down and take extra care around…

  • Ambos support fire-affected wildlife

    Ambos support fire-affected wildlife

    Ambulance Victoria (AV) staff and volunteers have banded together over the last few weeks to provide emergency care to fire-affected communities across Victoria, with recent efforts going towards supporting the…