New Covid exposure sites have been identified in Canberra, including a number of shops at Westfield Belconnen.
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The new sites were listed late on Friday and include a number of post-lockdown exposure times.
The ACT entered lockdown nine days ago and with 94 cases of COVID-19 detected in the community during the outbreak.
ACT Health named a number of shops in the Belconnen mall as casual-contact exposure locations during the first Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of the lockdown.
The shops include, Gift n Lotto Xpress, New Guardian Pharmacy, The Reject Shop, Coles, Aldi, the Food Forum, Woolworths and BWS.
Aldi is also listed as close-contact site for Thursday, August 12.
The exposure site update includes close-contact listings for Chapman Primary After School Care on August 10 and 11.
There is a close-contact warning for Ginninderra Early Childhood Centre on August 17.
Easi Mart on the Kingston Foreshore has been listed for casual contact on Monday, August 16.
New exposure sites - August 20
- Chapman Primary After School Care Building - Tuesday, August 10 2:30 PM 6:00 PM Close
- Chapman Primary After School Care Building - Wednesday, August 11 2:30 PM 6:00 PM Close
- Gift n Lotto Xpress Westfield Belconnen - Tuesday, August 17 11:20 AM 12:15 PM Casual
- Guardian Pharmacy Westfield Belconnen - Tuesday, August 17 11:45 AM 12:20 PM Casual
- The Reject Shop Belconnen Westfield Belconnen - Tuesday, August 17 11:45 AM 12:20 PM Casual
- Coles Belconnen Westfield Belconnen - Tuesday, August 17 11:55 AM 12:45 PM Casual
- Bunnings Belconnen - Tuesday, August 17 10:48 AM 4:35 PM Casual
- Aldi Belconnen Westfield Belconnen Monday, August 16 6:40 PM 7:40 PM Casual
- Food Forum Westfield Belconnen - Monday, August 16 7:10 PM 7:50 PM Casual
- Woolworths Belconnen Westfield Belconnen - Monday, August 16 7:10 PM 8:00 PM Casual
- BWS Westfield Belconnen - Monday, August 16 7:30 PM 8:20 PM Casual
- Aldi Westfield Belconnen - Sunday, August 15 5:10 PM 6:00 PM Casual
- Ginninderra Early Childhood Centre - Tuesday, August 17 11:00 AM 5:20 PM Close
- Aldi Westfield Belconnen - Tuesday, August 17 3:50 PM 4:50 PM Close
- Woolworths Belconnen Westfield Belconnen - Tuesday, August 17 4:15 PM 5:00 PM Casual
- Easi Mart Kingston - Monday, August 16 4:50 PM 5:50 PM Casual
The next few days will be crucial in the territory's management of this Covid outbreak as case numbers and exposure locations should begin to reflect the effectiveness of the lockdown.
On Friday, the ACT reported its first hospitalisation from Covid during this outbreak.
Chief health officer Kerryn Coleman said the person was stable and did not currently require ventilation and was not currently in ICU.
She said as case numbers continued to rise, more people would be likely to be hospitalised.
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Of the territory's 94 active cases, only seven remain under investigation.
There are now 25 cases linked to Lyneham High, 13 linked to Fiction nightclub, eight linked to the Jaguar dealership, five associated with Gold Creek school and three cases each linked with the Belconnen basketball stadium, the Downer Community Centre and Assembly bar.
A further three cases which are linked to the ACT outbreak live in the surrounding NSW region.
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