Tier 1 exposure sites for the Macedon Ranges and Hepburn Shire are now listed on our Facebook page. You do not need to have a Facebook account to access this information.
A full list of exposure sites for Victoria is accessible via the Victorian Department of Heath's Public Exposure Sites website. Exposure sites may continue to be identified, so please check the website regularly for updates.
Not all exposure sites are published online. If you have received a text message from the Department of Health informing you that you were at an exposure site, and the site is not listed here, please follow the advice in the text message.
EXPOSURE SITES - INSTRUCTIONS
On the Public Exposure Site website, you will find instructions on what to do. In the first instance:
• Go home and isolate immediately
• Call the COVID Hotline on 1800 675 398 or fill in the webform.
• Get a COVID test
• Only leave home to get your test – do not stop along the way there, or on the way home.
TESTING
It is extremely important that anyone - with even the mildest of symptoms - gets tested for COVID-19. Only leave home to get tested, then return home and isolate until you receive their results.
Testing is available at:
• Daylesford: Daylesford Health (17 Hospital Street). Call 5321 6654 to make an appointment
• Kyneton: Kyneton Health (7-25 Caroline Chisholm Drive). Call 5422 9900 to make an appointment
• Ballarat: Please check the Ballarat Health Services website for up to date testing locations.
• Bendigo: Please check the Bendigo Health website for up-to-date testing locations.
Our community is reminded to help stop the spread of COVID-19 by following the restrictions put in place by the Victorian Government. For more information on current restrictions, visit: www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus
FAQs (UPDATED 27th OCTOBER 2021)
I have had two doses of COVID 19 Vaccine
and
I have been to a Tier 1 exposure site during the time period listed.
or
I have been told I am a Primary Close contact of a Positive Case.
• You need to get tested as soon as possible and quarantine for 7 days
• Get tested again on day 6
• If Day 6 test is negative you can leave quarantine at 11.59 pm day 7
Please call the Department of Health on 1800 675 398 if you haven’t received a text or had a call from the Public Health Unit
I have had one dose or no COVID 19 Vaccine
and
I have been to a Tier 1 exposure site during the time period listed.
or
I have been told I am a Primary Close contact of a Positive Case.
• You need to get tested and quarantine for 14 days
• Get tested again on day 13
• If Day 13 test is negative, you can leave quarantine at 11.59pm on Day 14
Please call the Department of Health on 1800 675 398 if you haven’t received a text or had a call from the Public Health Unit
A person in my household has tested positive to COVID 19
• You need to get tested as soon as possible and quarantine for 14 days regardless of the result.
• Please get tested again if you develop the slightest symptoms
A person in my household has been to a Tier 1 exposure site during the time period listed
• You do not need to quarantine or get tested unless you develop symptoms
A person in my household is a Primary Close Contact
• You do not need to quarantine or get tested unless you develop symptoms
I spent time with a friend or colleague who has been identified as Primary Close Contact
• You don’t need to get tested or quarantine
I spent time with a friend or colleague who has attended a Tier 1 exposure site
• You don’t need to get tested or quarantine
My vaccination certificate isn’t up to date.
I had my vaccine at a GP clinic or Pharmacy
• Contact the GP or Pharmacy directly
I had my vaccine at Kyneton Health or at another clinic run by a local health service
• Go to https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/missing-immunisation-history
and follow the instructions.
Please get tested with even the slightest symptom and isolate until you receive a negative result.
Please, Get vaccinated
