People queue up for Covid-19 testing in Melbourne on May 12, 2021.
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Three of them are close family contacts of the initial case, whose source of infection remains unknown.
The first case was a man who showed symptoms of the coronavirus on 20 May. He got tested two days later on 23 May.
A male relative went with him when he got tested, and that person - who was not showing symptoms - had also tested positive, Foley said.
Both live in Whittlesea, in Melbourne s outer north.
Two other relatives, a woman and a preschool-aged child, were also tested and returned positive results.
Four new Covid-19 cases have been identified in Melbourne s northern suburbs
Urgent alert for anyone at Jump! Swim School Bundoora 8.55am-10.15am May 21
Attendees must get tested and isolate for isolate for 14 days, regardless of result
Alert for Highpoint Shopping Centre in Maribyrnong on May 20, 5pm-8pm
More potential exposure sites are expected to be revealed in the coming days
Victorian health authorities have released a list of potential exposure sites after four people tested positive to coronavirus.
The four cases are from the same family across two different households in the Whittlesea area in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne.
Jump Swim School, Bundoora: 8.55am-10am, May 21
Highpoint Shopping Centre: 5pm-8pm, May 20
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Highpoint Shopping Centre has been listed as a coronavirus exposure site.(Simon Schluter/The Age)
These venues are classed as Tier 1 and the current advice is to get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from exposure.
This afternoon Professor Brett Sutton said he believed the child who has tested positive was part of a swimming class at the Jump! Swimming School on May 21.
Thousands isolate as Victoria records four new local COVID-19 cases
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Thousands of Melburnians have been ordered to isolate “until further notice” after four new local COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the city’s northern suburbs on Monday, as health authorities warn that more positive tests are likely in coming days.
The first of the cases – a man from the City of Whittlesea – tested positive on Monday morning after showing symptoms for three days. A man, woman and preschooler from his family later returned positive swabs.
Anyone who visited Melbourne’s Highpoint Shopping Centre last Thursday from 5.00-8.00pm must get tested and isolate until further notice.
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Covid-19 testing takes place at a pop-up clinic in Melbourne, Australia as four new cases were announced and there’s a hunt for a missing link.
Despite four new community cases of Covid-19 in Melbourne, New Zealand will not be suspending flights to the Victorian capital, the Ministry of Health has announced. However, testing and isolation will be required for those who have been in any of the locations of interest in Melbourne - including those who have travelled back to New Zealand in recent days. The confirmation of new Covid-19 cases in Melbourne has sent thousands of people in Australia into isolation for two weeks as authorities concede there may be a missing link between the new outbreak and a positive case in the city a fortnight ago.