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Crown cinema among new exposure sites
Victorian health authorities have added another tier 1 site with anyone who watched the new Emma Stone movie Cruella at Crown on June 12 at 7.30pm told to quarantine for 14 days.
The movie screening, which was in Cinema seven at Village Cinemas Crown between 7.30pm and 10pm, was attended by a person who has since been diagnosed with the virus, so anyone at the movie needs to get a COVID-19 test and quarantine for 14 days.
Anyone who was at the movie complex at Crown on June 12 from 7.15pm to 8pm and 9.45pm to 10.30pm, anyone who used the toilets at the public food courts between 9.45pm and 10.15pm plus anyone who visited Gradi between 10pm and 10.45pm needs to get a COVID-19 test and isolate until receiving a negative result.
Several tier 2 sites were also identified.
New Victorian exposure sites:
Pascoe Vale
Speedway Automotive and Quick Stop Food Store (Petrol Station)105 Kent Road Pascoe Vale VIC 3044
12/06/2021 5:45pm – 6:15pm
Case attended venue
Tier 2 – Get tested urgently and isolate until you have a negative result. Anyone who has visited this location during these times should urgently get tested, then isolate until confirmation of a negative result. Continue to monitor for symptoms, get tested again if symptoms appear.
Southbank
Village Cinemas Crown – Screening of Cruella in Cinema 7 Shop 5/8 Whiteman Street Southbank VIC 3006
12/06/2021 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Case attended venue
Tier 1 – Get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from exposure. Anyone who has visited this location during these times must get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from the exposure.
Southbank
Village Cinemas Crown – General complex Foyer/snack bar Shop 5/8 Whiteman Street Southbank VIC 3006
12/06/2021 7:15pm – 8:00pm
Case attended venue
Tier 2 – Get tested urgently and isolate until you have a negative result. Anyone who has visited this location during these times should urgently get tested, then isolate until confirmation of a negative result. Continue to monitor for symptoms, get tested again if symptoms appear.
Southbank
Village Cinemas Crown – General complex Foyer/snack bar Shop 5/8 Whiteman Street Southbank VIC 3006
12/06/2021 9:45pm – 10:30pm
Case attended venue
Tier 2 – Get tested urgently and isolate until you have a negative result. Anyone who has visited this location during these times should urgently get tested, then isolate until confirmation of a negative result. Continue to monitor for symptoms, get tested again if symptoms appear.
Southbank
Public Toilets – Crown Casino, Level 1 Food Court (near KFC and Subway) 8 Whiteman Street Southbank VIC 3006
12/06/2021 9:45pm – 10:25pm
Case attended venue
16/06/2021 10:30pm
Tier 2 – Get tested urgently and isolate until you have a negative result. Anyone who has visited this location during these times should urgently get tested, then isolate until confirmation of a negative result. Continue to monitor for symptoms, get tested again if symptoms appear.
Southbank
Gradi at Crown (400 Gradi Crown) 8 Whiteman Street Southbank VIC 3006
12/06/2021 10:00pm – 10:45pm
Case attended venue
Tier 2 – Get tested urgently and isolate until you have a negative result. Anyone who has visited this location during these times should urgently get tested, then isolate until confirmation of a negative result. Continue to monitor for symptoms, get tested again if symptoms appear.
‘Victoria is a powder keg’: Experts fear virus still circulating as testing rate drops
Coronavirus is still smouldering away in Victoria, infectious diseases experts suspect, as plummeting testing numbers fuel fears of undetected cases circulating in the community.
Melbourne infectious diseases physician Michelle Ananda-Rajah said until vaccine uptake rose substantially, testing remained the most critical measure in Victoria alongside contact tracing to avoid another mass outbreak, but she feared “coronavirus fatigue” was leading to a drop in testing numbers.
A man who visited Bondi Junction Westfield last weekend has tested positive to COVID-19.
He returned a positive saliva test on Tuesday and his infection was confirmed by a second PCR test on Wednesday.
A second case was confirmed in a household contact on Wednesday night.
“NSW Health has been notified that a household contact of a locally acquired case reported earlier this evening has also tested positive, and further venues of concern have been identified,” health authorities said.
Investigations into the source of the initial locally-acquired case and contact tracing began earlier in the day.
“Urgent investigations into the source of the infection and contact tracing are under way, as is genome sequencing,” NSW Health said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon.
A number of locations visited by the man in Sydney’s east were identified as potential exposure sites, including a screening of the Salma Hayek and Ryan Reynolds movie, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, at Bondi Junction on Sunday and shops within the Westfield complex visited on both days of the weekend.
Read more: Two cases in Sydney, as authorities investigate possible hotel leak
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Good morning, and welcome to the last day before restrictions ease again, as of 11.59pm tonight.
I know I’m looking forward to being able to go for a walk down the beach without a mask on. And catching up with friends indoors – let’s face it, Melbourne’s weather hasn’t exactly been supportive of outside gatherings!
We’ll be bringing you all the latest coronavirus news today, and over at the national blog my colleague Broede Carmody will be across everything else that’s going on, go say hi if you can.
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