Receipt blamed for COVID bungle
Victorian health officials have blamed a receipt for its coronavirus bungle, which saw Melburnians ordered to get tested weeks after the city’s last case.
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Victorian health officials have blamed a receipt for its coronavirus bungle, which saw Melburnians ordered to get tested weeks after the city’s last case.
The health department listed the wrong Woolworths with people who visited the amended site being asked to get tested and self-isolate.
Customers and staff who visited a Woolworths have been urged to isolate and get tested immediately after coronavirus traces were found in sewage water. The warning applies to anyone who visited the store at the Epping North supermarket on the corner of Epping Road and Lyndarum Drive in Melbourne's far north on May 8 between 5.40pm and 6.38pm. 'We are encouraging anyone with symptoms of Covid-19 – fever, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, and loss or change in sense of smell or taste – to get tested,' Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said. Customers and staff who v...