A shopping centre in Melbourne’s northwest has been revealed as “an area of most concern” after Victoria recorded 20 new local cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday.
While five of those cases were in quarantine during their infectious period – an increase on Monday – testing commander Jeroen Weimar said Caroline Springs square shopping centre continued to alarm health authorities.
“We have seen now 25 cases associated with the Caroline Springs square shopping centre across a number of different retail units and people – some of those are household contacts.” She said they shopped at the centre and investigations were underway into how they contracted the virus. The shopping centre has been listed as a tier two coronavirus exposure site, with anyone who visited the venue between July 27 and August 5 urged to get a Covid-19 test and isolate until a negative result had been received.
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