Melbourne Coles a close contact COVID-19 exposure site
People who visited a supermarket in Melbourne are being ordered to quarantine for a fortnight after a potential COVID-19 exposure.
The Department of Health issued warnings for two new sites on Monday night after a removalist from Greater Sydney tested positive to COVID-19, having visited households in Victoria and South Australia.
Anybody who visited Coles in Craigieburn Central Shopping Centre, on Craigieburn Road and Windrock Avenue in Craigieburn, from 5.28pm-6.38pm on July 10, is considered a close contact.
A Melbourne Coles has been named a COVID-19 exposure site. iStock
They must instantly isolate and get tested as soon as possible, and stay isolated whether or not they return a negative result.
Metro Petroleum in Broadmeadows has been classified as a casual contact sit on July 11 from 1.19pm-2.04pm.
Anybody who was present during that time must isolate, get tested and stay isolated until they return a negative result.
Victoria's Health Minister Martin Foley said health authorities were made aware of the Sydney man's infection late on Sunday night.
The man returned a positive result on Sunday after getting tested on July 10. He stayed overnight in Victoria on July 8, before driving to South Australia on July 9.
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The removalist visited households for several hours during his visit to the two states for work purposes.
A number of residents will now need to quarantine after being potentially exposed to COVID-19.
South Australia Premier Steven Marshall said the removalist visited a household in the state for a five-hour period while infectious.
The family-of-four had relocated from South Australia to New South Wales and had since twice returned negative test results.
A Sydney removalist infected with COVID-19 visited Victoria and South Australia, Health Minister Martin Foley says. Nine
"It's a strict quarantine for that family at the moment," Mr Marshall said.
There are no known exposure sites linked to the removalist in South Australia.
"We still have no known places we are concerned about here in South Australia," the Premier said.
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Mr Foley said the risk of virus incursion into Victoria was "very real".
"It would appear from initial conversations that he would have been infectious in both Victoria and South Australia during his work period," he said.
The man's infection was included in NSW's 112 new local infections announced on Monday morning.
Mr Foley confirmed the worker's permit status would be reviewed but there may have been "perfectly valid reasons" for his travel to Victoria.
"We are just establishing if that was the case with this gentleman," he said.
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