Michaela Meade
Update: One of the two deaths from COVID-19 reported today was a Hume resident.
COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar today announced that the 60-year-old woman was in her second week of infection, and died at home.
A further 53 locally acquired cases of the virus have been connected to the northern suburbs.
Mr Weimar said the main clusters of concern were in Campbellfield, Roxburgh Park and Gladstone Park.
“What we are now challenged with in the days and weeks ahead, is we continue to see very deep clusters of community transmission, particularly in places like Altona North, Broadmeadows and Truganina,” he said.
“What we’re dealing [with] there, is that every workplace, every retail setting, and every community meeting place, has a much higher level of risk because of the level and complexity of the chains of transmission we see in those areas.”
Earlier: New tier one COVID-19 exposure sites have been identified in the city of Hume.
Empire Screens on Poa Court, Craigieburn ,and PWG Glass Group on Aerolink Drive, Tullamarine, have been listed by the health department as tier one exposure sites.
The department said anyone who visited Empire Screens on Friday, August 27 between 7am and 1.30pm is required to get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from exposure.
The same advice applies to anyone who attended PWG Glass Group across multiple dates and times.
Additionally, the department has identified multiple tier two sites, advising anyone who attended any of the below sites during the listed dates and times to get tested urgently and isolate until they receive a negative test result.
The sites are:
– Epping Plaza on High Street on Wednesday, August 25 between 2.30pm and 3.31pm;
– Australia Post, Epping Post Shop on High Street on Wednesday, August 25 between 2.35pm and 3.10pm;
– Quality Pharmacy Epping Medical on High Street on Wednesday, August 25 between 2.45pm and 3.31pm;
– Coles at Campbellfield Plaza on Saturday, August 28 between 10.51am and 11.40am; and
– Wells Medical Centre on Blair Street, Broadmeadows on Sunday, August 30 between 12.35pm and 1.30pm.
More information on exposure sites: www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites
To find out where to get tested: www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/where-get-tested-covid-19
