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A Maribyrnong apartment complex on Tuesday was in lockdown as authorities traced the movements of COVID-positive removalists from NSW.
It comes as Victoria recorded three new infections as at Monday.
Two parents and a child from a Craigieburn family of four tested positive after arriving from NSW. Three family members flew to Melbourne on July 4 and the fourth drove home on July 8.
Ariele Apartments at 7 Thomas Holmes Street, where the removalists collected furniture, was listed as a tier one exposure site on Monday night.
Victoria’s COVID commander Jeroen Weimar said no one at the building, including the household which had the most exposure to the removalists, had tested positive as at Tuesday.
“They [the removalists] dealt with one individual there – the owner or the tenant of the property,” he said.
“That man has also tested negative, as has his family, but they are all in hotel quarantine.”
There are 78 dwellings in the apartment complex.
Five members of a Craigieburn household where the removalists dropped off furniture have all tested negative.
Two of the three removalists had tested positive by Monday, NSW health authorities said.
Victoria’s Department of Health said anyone who was in the residential part of Ariele Apartments between 1pm and 11.59pm on Thursday, July 8 must get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from the exposure.
Anyone who entered the building between Friday, July 9 and Monday, July 12 must get tested and isolate until they test negative.
This includes anyone who accessed the residential foyer, stairwells, lift, residential floors and carpark.
It excludes people whose only exposure to the building was to enter a commercial space on the ground floor and who did not enter any residential space.
Public exposure sites will be published as soon as possible once confirmed and validated.
For the most up to date list of exposure sites, visit: www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites
