By Laura Michell
Some football fans have been forced into isolation after a person who tested positive to COVID-19 attended an AFL match at the MCG on Sunday.
In a statement late last night, the health department said a positive case attended the Collingwood/Port Adelaide game, sitting in zone four, level one of the Great Southern Stand (the Put Road end of the stand).
People seated in zone four, level one who were seated between bays M1 and M16 will be contacted directly with advice to get tested and isolate until they return a negative result, the department said.
“Further reviews of CCTV footage will be undertaken to determine if advice to get and isolate will be broadened beyond these areas,” the department said.
“Some individuals with the closest contact to the positive case will be directly provided more specific advice from the Department of Health. Others attending the MCG not located in these areas will be advised to check for symptoms and be tested if any develop.”
It comes as 20 new exposure sites were identified on Tuesday night, including Woolworths and Coles at Pacific Epping.
The new tier one exposure sites are: Woolworths at Pacific Epping on May 20 between 6.25-7.15pm; Coles Pacific Epping on May 20 between 6.45-7.35pm; The Nicholson Coffee House in Coburg on May 22 between noon-1pm; Secco and Co, Fitzroy North on May 22 between 7.35-8.35pm; Port Park Cafe, Port Melbourne on May 21 between 1.40-3.30pm; Bay 101 Cafe in Port Melbourne on May 24 between7.30-8.20am; Little Tienda, Thornbury, on May 22 between 7.45-8.20am; The Local, Port Melbourne, on May 21 between 1.40-330pm; and Axedale Tavern, Axedale on May 23 between 11.45am-1.30 pm.
Anyone who visited a tier one site during these times must get tested and quarantine for 14 days.
New tier two exposure sites are: Deep Indian Supermarket, Lalor, on May 20 between 7-8pm; Fruits of Lalor, Station Street, Lalor, on May 19 between noon-1pm; No. 1 Fruit Market, May Road, Lalor, on May 19, noon-1pm; Everfresh Fruit Market, Lalor, on May 19 between noon-1pm; Mill Park Bunnings on May 20 between 4-6.30pm; P & C Indian Grocery & Convenience Store, Reservoir, on May 22 between 6-7pm; ACTROL, Brand Drive, Thomastown on May 17 between noon-1.30pm; White Line Automotive, Thomastown, on May 20 between noon-1.30pm; Chemist Warehouse, Dalton Village, Epping on May 19 between 6.45-8pm; BP Southvale, Bell Street, Coburg, on May 22 between 8.10-8.30am; and Hairfolk, Bendigo, on May 22 between 9.40-10.10am.
Anyone who visited a tier two exposure site during these times must get tested and isolate until they return a negative result.
