A Woden hairdresser has been identified as a close-contact exposure site covering a nearly two-hour window on the afternoon before Canberra first went into its lockdown.
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Ceylon Cut was added as a close-contact site on Sunday afternoon for anyone who attended the Phillip venue on August 12 between 2.35pm and 4.15pm.
New casual contact sites in Amaroo, Belconnen and the inner north were also added, including Officeworks in Braddon on Thursday afternoon between 2.50pm and 4pm.
Another 6.5-hour period at a Ngunnawal restaurant linked to three COVID-19 cases was added to the list earlier on Saturday night.
Anyone who was at Mirchi Indian Cuisine from 4pm to 10:30pm on August 24 will have to self-isolate for 14 days regardless of their test result after the restaurant was declared a close-contact exposure site.
The Riley Close restaurant had already been listed as a close contact site from 2pm to 10pm on August 22 and 4pm to 10.30pm on August 23.
Three cases have already been linked to restaurant, which has been identified as the eleventh venue where transmission of the virus has occurred since the start of Canberra's outbreak.
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The ACT reported a further 13 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number associated with the cluster to 250.
Of the new cases, all are linked to known infections. Eight were in quarantine for their entire infectious period, but five were infectious in the community.
ACT chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman flagged social housing complex Ainslie Village would later be added to the list after a positive case visited the complex.
She said the whole location would be treated as a potential exposure site after the person visited the site on Wednesday and Thursday while unknowingly infectious.
ACT Health added another six casual-contact exposure sites to its list on Saturday night, including Bunnings in Gungahlin on August 24 between 11.30am and 12.45pm and Dickson Woolworths on August 17 between 6pm and 7.30pm.
New exposure sites:
Update: 1.30pm, Sunday, August 29
- Ceylon Cut, Phillip, August 12, 2.35pm to 4.15pm, Close
- Powells Stockfeed, Phillip, August 12, 1.45pm to 2.30pm Casual
- Coles Amaroo, Amaroo, August 22, 8.40am to 10am, Casual
- Belconnen Discount Chemist, Belconnen, August 23, 1.10pm to 2.20pm, Casual
- Bunnings Gungahlin, Gungahlin, August 24, 11.30am to 12.45pm, Casual
- GP Respiratory Clinic, Crace, August 26, 1.50pm to 2.50pm, Casual
- Officeworks Braddon, Braddon, August 26, 2.50pm to 4pm, Casual
- SupaExpress Florey, Florey, August 16, 5.15pm to 6.15pm, Monitor
- KFC Dickson, Dickson, August 17, 3.30pm to 5.30pm, Monitor
- IGA O'Connor, O'Connor, August 18, 3.30pm to 5.30pm, Monitor
- Caltex Wanniassa, Wanniassa, August 19, 2pm to 6pm, Monitor
- Evatt Newsagency, Evatt, August 24, 9.20am to 10am, Monitor
- Australia Post Gungahlin, Gungahlin, August 25, 3pm to 3.45pm, Monitor
- Cellarbrations Gungahlin, Gungahlin, August, 25, 8.30pm to 9.20pm, Monitor
- The Bottle-O Mitchell, Mitchell, August 26, 2.50pm to 3.30pm, Monitor
- Westpac Canberra Centre, City, August 26, 10.30am to 11.20pm, Monitor
- The Pharmacy on Petrie, City, August 26, 10.50am to 11.30am, Monitor
- IGA X-press Palmerston, Palmerston, August 26, 4.10pm to 5pm, Monitor
- Cellarbrations Gungahlin, Gungahlin, August, 26, 8pm to 8.45pm, Monitor
- Metro Petroleum Mitchell, August 27, 10am to 10.50am, Monitor
- Canturf, Fyshwick, August 27, 10.50am to 11.40am, Monitor
- KFC Dickson, Dickson, August 24, 9.40am to 4.30pm, Casual
- Mirchi Indian Cuisine, Ngunnawal, August 24, 4pm to 10.30pm, Close
- Woolworths Dickson, Dickson, August 17, 6pm to 7.30pm, Casual
- National Health Co-op Macquarie, Macquarie, 4pm to 5pm, Casual
- Construction Site, Levels - Ground, 1 and 2, 12 Moore Street, Civic, August 11, 6.30am to 8.50am, Casual
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Sarah Basford Canales
I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.
I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Dan covers federal politics from Parliament House, with a special focus on climate policy and the NDIS. He has previously reported on ACT politics and urban affairs since joining the Canberra Times in 2018.
Dan covers federal politics from Parliament House, with a special focus on climate policy and the NDIS. He has previously reported on ACT politics and urban affairs since joining the Canberra Times in 2018.
