Hundreds of residents in an inner-city apartment tower have been ordered to self-isolate after a positive case visited the building.
Anyone living at the 23-storey LaCrosse building in Docklands in Melbourne's inner-city has been told to immediately get tested and self-isolate for 14 days if they were anywhere in the building at any time on July 16.
The positive case was infectious for a week from that day until 11.59pm on Friday, Victorian Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton said.
Residents of the 23-storey Lacrosse Docklands building at 673 Latrobe Street have been told must get 'urgently' tested and self-isolate for 14 days if they were inside at any time on Friday, July 16
The Lacrosse Building at Docklands is a Tier 1 exposure site and considered potentially infectious until midnight next Friday, July 30
The building is now a Tier 1 exposure site and considered potentially infectious until midnight on July 30.
'Residents will be contacted throughout the day to give them a time to attend a pop-up testing clinic being set up for the residents of the building,' said Victoria Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton.
He added that residents must self-isolate 'until further notice'.
The LaCrosse Building is well known for a 2014 blaze started by a resident smoking on a balcony. The fire raced up the building's aluminium composite cladding and caused $5million in damage.
Victoria announced 12 new virus cases on Saturday as it continues to follow a 'go early, go hard' approach to fighting COVID-19 infections.
Health authorities say the infections are all linked to current outbreaks. Ten of the cases were in quarantine throughout their entire infectious period.
The numbers come with 19,281 vaccine doses administered in the past 24 hours in Victoria and 39,846 COVID tests conducted.
The state recorded 14 cases on Friday, 11 of which were in quarantine for their entire infectious period.
Premier Daniel Andrews said those results, amid high testing numbers, were 'very encouraging'.
