By Luke Voogt
More than 4000 people a day queued at Geelong COVID-19 testing sites following the confirmation of six new cases at Lara in a single household this week.
“COVID-19 testing numbers in Geelong have increased significantly with over 8000 tests over the past two days,” Barwon South West Public Health Unit director Eugene Athan said this afternoon.
Barwon Health on Tuesday morning confirmed five tier two sites in Corio for Saturday, August 21, including:
• Corio Village Shopping Centre common mall areas from 12.15pm to 2pm;
• Chemist Warehouse from 12.15pm to 1.45pm;
• Coles from 12.20pm to 1.30pm;
• Corio Fruit and Veg Market from 12.55pm to 1.30pm; and
• McDonalds from 1.00pm to 1.45pm.
That afternoon the health provider released another six tier two exposure sites including:
• Riordan Fuels Lara (Shell), 1 Forrest Road, from 1.25pm to 2.10pm on Sunday, August 22;
• Bunnings Norlane from 3.15pm to 4.15pm on Friday, August 20;
• Coles Lara Village from 1pm to 2.30pm on Thursday, August 19;
• BP Little River – Princes Highway Geelong-bound, from 5.45pm to 6.15pm on Thursday, August 19;
• Lara Post Office from noon to 1.30pm on Tuesday, August 17; and
• Lara Physiotherapy Health Network from 4pm to 5.30pm on Monday, August 16, and 5.35pm to 6.30pm on Tuesday, August 17.
“Barwon Health’s testing sites have extended hours to cater for increased demand and an additional site has been set up on the Deakin University Waurn Ponds campus,” Professor Athan said.
“The community is encouraged to attend the site closest to them if they need testing.
“Anyone who visited an exposure site outside of the listed times does not need to get tested unless they have symptoms.”
Local health authorities had recorded no new cases in Geelong since Tuesday, Professor Athan said this afternoon.
Testing locations: barwonhealth.org.au/coronavirus/where-to-get-tested.
