ACT Covid outbreak: 27 new exposure sites identified

Club Lime in Gungahlin, F45 Training in Barton and the Civic Pub on Lonsdale Street are among the potentially high-risk environments visited by someone who has been exposed to COVID-19.

ACT Health added the 27 new exposure sites late on Monday night and visitors to those locations during the specific times are considered a contact and required to isolate.

ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith confirmed there were positive cases who had visited the CIT Reid and CIT Bruce campuses, but did not say if they were new cases or had already been included in the 28 known cases.

"Any staff, student or visitors who attended either campus at the times indicated are required to follow the directions relevant to the classifications identified," a letter to CIT students and staff said.

"ACT Health have determined that the individuals were present at multiple different times on Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12, August, 2021."

ACT Health will announce new cases at an 11.45am briefing each day. Health officials are briefed on the latest Covid positive cases after 9am.

Anyone who visited Club Lime Mawson on Monday, August 8 during the peak time of 4.30pm to 6.30pm or Club Lime Gungahlin from 5am to 6.30am Wednesday, August 11 are among those considered contacts.

The Canberra Institute of Technology has been identified as an exposure site for several days last week.

Minister for Education Yvette Berry told breakfast radio the fact that people were in close contact at CIT meant it was concerning, as was the case for Gold Creek School and Lyneham High School, which had also been identified as exposure sites.

The late night announcement of exposure sites created confusion on social media on Monday with, Greenway Views, noticeably absent from the list of new exposure sites.

The Tuggeranong aged care facility was locked down this week after a staff member tested positive to coronavirus having worked three shifts while potentially infectious.

Coronavirus restrictions are set to change in the ACT on Tuesday as health authorities work to control the growing outbreak.

Chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman said the increased numbers reported early this week were to be expected as people had been infectious in the community prior to lockdown.

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