Victorian COVID-19 cases see Coles and Aldi supermarkets listed as exhibition sites as town wakes up to tighter lockdown

The number of COVID-19 exposure sites in Victoria is approaching 550 after four supermarkets, several public toilets and a 7-Eleven were added overnight.

Notably, buyers from a Coles supermarket in south Melbourne and an Aldi in the north of the city have been identified as close contacts of a confirmed case and are to be tested and isolated for 14 days, regardless the result.

Meanwhile, Melburnians will wake up on Tuesday with stricter lockdown measures, including a reimposed curfew and the closure of playgrounds, as health officials fight to control the worsening coronavirus outbreak in the city.

People living in Melbourne are required to stay in their homes between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. after Prime Minister Daniel Andrews announced a nighttime curfew that went into effect at 11:59 p.m. on Monday.

The city’s lockdown was extended for another two weeks until September 2, with playgrounds and skate parks closed, exercises limited to two people and authorized workers required to hold permits.

Andrews said there was “no choice” but to tighten restrictions given the rise in mysterious infections, the number of infected children and several illegal gatherings on weekends.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said ‘we are on the edge of the cliff here’ as he warned that a ‘grumbling’ number of daily cases could end up being 100 in a fortnight, or thousands in a month.

Of Monday’s 22 new cases, 19 were linked to known outbreaks and 14 were in quarantine while infectious.

There are currently over 14,200 close contacts across Victoria and over 541 exhibition sites.

Last level 1 exhibition sites

Anyone who has visited these places at the times indicated must be tested and self-isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result.

• NEW: Pizza Central Park at Malvern East on August 14 from 4:50 p.m. to 9 p.m. and August 15 from 4:50 to 9 p.m.
• NEW: Goodstart Early Learning Carrum Downs – Hall Road August 11 from 3 p.m. to 3:40 p.m., August 13 from 8:10 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. and from 5:20 p.m. to 6:10 p.m.
• NEW: Balaclava, Haymisha Bakery Balaclava, 320 Carlisle Street, 08/13/2021 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• NEW: Balaclava, Coles balaclava, Camden Street and Alfred Street, 8/13/2021 12:45 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
• NEW: Roxburgh Park, Aldi Roxburgh Park, 250 Somerton Road, 08/12/2021 2:54 p.m. – 3:51 p.m.
• Newport, TirePlus Newport, 45 Mason Street, 08/06/2021 8:00 am – 6:30 pm, 08/02/2021 8:00 am – 6:30 pm, 08/03/2021 8:00 am – 6:30 pm, 08/04/2021 8:00 am – 6:30 pm, 05/08/2021 8:00 am – 6.30 p.m., 08/07/2021 8.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m., 08/08/2021 8.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m., 08/09/2021 8.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.

Latest level 2 exhibition sites

Anyone who has been to these locations at the times indicated should be tested and self-isolate for a negative result.

• NEW: Coles Lygon Court at Carlton on August 10 from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
• NEW: St Kilda, Rye & Paste, 149 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, 08/14/2021 10:00 am – 10:30 am
• NEW: St Kilda, Meatsmith – Specialized butcher & wine merchant, 227A Barkly Street, St Kilda, 08/14/2021 2:45 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
• NEW: Morang Sud, Men’s public toilets – HomeCo, 825 Plenty Road, 08/10/2021 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., 08/11/2021 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
• NEW: St Kilda, 7 Apple Gelato, 75 rue Acland, 08/14/2021 3:05 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.
• NEW: Roxburgh Park, Public washroom for women (next to Aldi) – Roxburgh Village, 250 Somerton Road, 08/12/2021 3:22 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
• NEW: Cheltenham, Mega warehouse for pets, 1273-1275 Nepean Road, 08/11/2021 1:20 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
• NEW: St Kilda, 7-Eleven St Kilda, 154-158 St Kilda Road, 08/12/2021 7:48 p.m. – 8:07 p.m.
• NEW: Elsternwick, Coles Elsternwick, 475, chemin Glen Huntly, 08/13/2021 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
• NEW: Port Melbourne, Ootoro, 3/1 Phillip Court, 08/12/2021 12:42 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
• NEW: Balaclava, The Lichtenstein bakehouse, 287, rue Carlisle, 08/12/2021 7:20 p.m. – 7:39 p.m.
• NEW: Balaclava, Coles balaclava, Camden Street and Alfred Street, 08/12/2021 7:30 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.
• Keysborough, Miele Keysborough Clearance Center, 77 Atlantic Drive, 08/05/2021 10:02 – 10:47 am

For a full list of Victoria’s exhibition sites, visit the Department of Health website here.