Victoria’s Health Departmentalso said everyone identified as a primary close contact of the man,who tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday after returning to Melbourne on May 4,at the Indiagate grocery store in Epping,in Melbourne’s northern suburbs,had also returned negative test.
Health authorities are still waiting on three tests from people who attended the Pact Altona North exposure site,where the Wollert man worked,and 11 tests from people who shopped at Woolworths in Epping while the man was likely infectious.
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Acting Premier James Merlino said earlier on Friday that the test results were “positive signs” the virus has not spread.
There are no new local cases in Victoria,with one new case of COVID-19 discovered in hotel quarantine. There were more than 21,900 test results received across Thursday.
In total 152 primary close contacts of the Wollert man identified by contact tracers,including those at the four public exposure sites,and138 negative tests have been returned by midday on Friday.
Mr Merlino said they were expecting all the remaining COVID-19 tests to be returned on Friday and Saturday.