A close contact of an Australian National University Covid case is in isolation and awaiting a test result.
However residents at the residential hall where an ANU student tested positive for Covid yesterday will not have to go into quarantine, and are now under stay at home orders.
The ANU on Saturday night announced that a student at Warrumbul Lodge had COVID-19 but had been in isolation in a self-contained unit for the duration of the ACT lockdown.
In an update on Sunday, the university said the student had one close contact, who was also isolating in a self-contained apartment.
"That person has been tested and is awaiting their result," an ANU spokesperson said.
There were no exposure sites from the Covid case at Warrumbul Lodge or at other sites across the university, the spokesperson said.
"No one at ANU has been unduly exposed to this case," the spokesperson said.
"ACT Health will continue to investigate for any additional close contact for this case. If any are identified, these close contacts will be managed according to the university's processes - that is isolation in self-contained apartments.
"There is no reason for any residents to get tested unless they are advised to by ACT Health or if they start to display any Covid symptoms."
More than 300 students live in Warrumbul Lodge, where ANU met with residents on Saturday to brief them about the case and to offer support.
ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt on Saturday told students and staff the university was in contact with all those directly affected and was working closely with ACT Health to follow the relevant protocols.
"I ask that you respect the privacy of those affected. We don't need idle speculation and misinformation spreading unnecessarily," he wrote in a letter published online.
"I do not intend to announce every case we have in our community going forward. We will contact all those who are directly affected."
The latest Covid case is the second on campus since the pandemic.
In addition, nine other ANU staff and students have had Covid infections but did not come back to the ANU campus until they had recovered.
This included returning travellers who had come back to Australia or the ACT from overseas or interstate, and quarantined away from the campus.
Professor Schmidt said the ANU would update its COVID-19 advice website.
"My thoughts are with the student and I wish them a quick recovery," he said.
