FURTHER assessment of a COVID-19 case linked to Bendigo Marketplace saw the site removed from the state government's list of "high risk locations".
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The shopping centre appeared on the Department of Health and Human Services website on Monday - the same day the government started disclosing "high risk locations".
The exposure period listed was August 12 - 13. The location was to appear on the department's website for 14 days from the most recent exposure.
Bendigo Marketplace had disappeared from the list by Wednesday, a day earlier than expected.
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Authorities are understood to have further assessed the case and determined the risk of the virus being passed on to anyone was low.
Bendigo Marketplace was subsequently removed from the list.
It is not known why the department previously considered the shopping centre a high risk location.
Clarity was sought about the department's criteria for listing locations as "high risk".
The case is not believed to have been the subject of previous public health advice.
Authorities are understood to have been satisfied the potential risk was eliminated following deep cleaning at the site on August 14.
A worker at the Bendigo Marketplace tested positive to the virus, with the case linked to the shopping centre on August 13.
The worker is not believed to have come into contact with anyone while they were at the site.
No close contacts are understood to have been identified.
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The department's website specified that none of the "high risk locations" were of current risk to the public, and that they could be visited in line with restrictions.
But it acknowledged a higher risk of exposure to COVID-19 at the locations listed during the exposure periods provided.
The website advised people who had visited high risk locations during the specified dates to watch for COVID-19 symptoms, and to get tested at the earliest signs of illness.
Some of the region's residents took to social media on Monday to express concern at learning of the possibility of exposure to the virus more than a week after the exposure period.
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