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PHILLIP ISLAND GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT EXPOSURE SITE

By Dan McCarthy

This morning the Victorian Health website listed the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit as a COVID-19 Tier 1 exposure site.

Just days 24 hours after On The Run service station at The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia was listed as a Tier 1 exposure site also.

if anyone visited the legendary Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit between 11.10am and 1.17pm on Tuesday the 13th of July, they are required to immediately get tested, self-isolate, and quarantine for 14 days.

The Grand Prix Circuit is not the only destination on Phillip Island to be listed, Phillip Island Ten Pin Bowling and Entertainment, Grumpy’s Crazy Golf, North Pier Hotel, the Coles in Cowes, Porter Fresh Poke Bowls and Fishermans Co-op have all been listed as Tier 1 exposure sites.

There are also half a dozen Tier 2 sites scattered around the island, with venues visited between July 12 and July 15.

The Grand Prix Circuit at Phillip Island is not the first sporting precinct to be listed as a COVID-19 exposure site in Victoria as the MCG has had several cases linked back to fans attending AFL matches.

Today Victoria recorded 19 new cases of COVID as the state sits through its second day of a scheduled five day lockdown.

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