A designated COVID-19 testing lane for close contacts of the two confirmed cases at North Melbourne Primary School has been set up at the Melbourne Showgrounds, says Deputy Chief Health Officer peripatetical.
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A designated COVID-19 testing lane for close contacts of the two confirmed cases at North Melbourne Primary School has been set up at the Melbourne Showgrounds, says Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Allen Cheng. “There were two confirmed cases who attended the North Melbourne Primary School, there are not yet transmissions there but there are, as you’d understand, a number of close contacts at North Melbourne Primary," he said.
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