An urgent alert has been issued for potentially thousands of shoppers on Sydney’s coronavirus-hit northern beaches and a sports club in Sydney’s west.
There are 108 people with active coronavirus infections in NSW with one person now moved to intensive care, NSW Health reported on Monday.
An urgent alert was issued for a range of new venues on Monday evening.
Blacktown Workers Sports Club (pictured) is the epicenter of a serious coronavirus leak at the Grange Buffet. Anyone there on January 3 from 11.40am to 1.30pm must now test and isolate
Masks must be worn at all times in public areas such as shopping malls and public transport
Anybody who went to the Grange Buffet of the Blacktown Workers Sports Club in Arndell Park on January 3 from 11.40am to 1.30pm has been urged immediately to isolate and get tested.
People who were there for more than an hour are considered ‘close contacts’ at risk of catching the virus, and must stay isolated for a full 14 days even if their test comes back negative, NSW Health said on Monday.
Anyone there for less than an hour is still at risk and is considered to be a ‘casual contact’ who needs to isolate and get tested until they receive a negative result.
The authorities have similar concerns for potentially thousands of shoppers at three major supermarkets and a Rebel sports store at Warriewood on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, who are considered to be casual contacts of a positive case.
The shops are all located at Warriewood Square Shopping Centre.
Anyone who visited Coles Warriewood on December 31 from 2pm to 2.10pm and January 5 from 12.45pm to 1pm is urged to isolate and test.
The same advice has been issued for Woolworths Warriewood on January 4 from 12.15pm to 12.45pm and January 6 from 12pm to 12.15pm
Shoppers at Warriewood Aldi on January 5 from 12.10pm to 12.40pm and January 8 from 12pm to 12.25pm must test and isolate immediately.
Also those who went to Rebel at Warriewood on January 6 from 12.15pm to 12.30pm.
Warriewood Square Shopping Centre (pictured) is home to several supermarkets and shops that had urgent health alerts issued Monday including Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and Rebel
NSW Health urged anybody who receives a negative test to still be on the lockout for symptoms, and to get tested again if any develop. Pictured: Cafe in Sydney on January 3
Health authorities are concerned about potentially thousands of shoppers who may have been exposed to coronavirus at Warriewood Square in Sydney’s northern beaches (pictured)
Visitors to several other venues across Sydney have now been advised to monitor themselves for symptoms and get tested if symptoms occur.
They include Pharmacy Less also at Warriewood Square Shopping Centre, on January 8 from 12.25pm to 12.35pm
Anyone who went to Blacktown Workers Sports Club, Arndell Park, everywhere except the Grange Buffet, on January 3 from 11.40am to 1.30pm must monitor for symptoms.
Those who shopped at Michel’s Patisserie, Ashfield, on January 6 from 4pm to 5pm need to get tested if symptoms occur.
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Customers who visited Pool and Spa Warehouse, Brookvale, on January 8 for the 10 minutes between 11.05am and 11.15am need to watch for symptoms.
A full list of venues on alert for COVID can be viewed on NSW Health’s website here.
NSW recorded three new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Monday, all linked to the Berala BWS cluster in Western Sydney.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian, who has returned from a week of leave, said contact tracers are in the process of ‘mopping up’ the western Sydney outbreak, which emerged on 29 December and has infected 26 people.
In a press briefing on Monday, the premier also revealed she wants major sporting events in NSW to go ahead this year with Covid restrictions in place.
‘The government is looking very closely based on health advice, how we manage these major events in a Covid-safe way,’ she said when asked if the Sydney derby A-League soccer game will go ahead on Saturday.
‘I do want to stress our intention in New South Wales is to always continue with life as normal as possible including hosting major events, but the question is how can you make them Covid-safe?
‘And that always depends on what’s happening at the time and the pandemic, what phase we’re up to, what the level of risk is.’
Earlier on Monday more new alerts were issued for four train lines, a Coles supermarket and an Australia Post office which were visited by a confirmed coronavirus cases.
New South Wales Health on Monday urged anybody who had been at several locations across Sydney’s southwest and inner west to monitor for Covid symptoms.
An infected passenger boarded trains between Hurlstone Park and Bankstown twice on January 6 and again on January 8.
Anybody who attended Campsie Super Fresh supermarket in Sydney’s southwest between 12.30pm and 1pm on January 2 must seek a Covid test and self isolate until they receive a negative result.
Similarly, customers at an Australia Post in Hurlstone Park between 3.30pm and 4pm on January 5 must get tested.
An infected passenger boarded trains between Hurlstone Park and Bankstown twice on January 6 and again on January 8
NSW Health urged anybody who receives a negative test to still be on the lockout for symptoms, and to get tested again if any develop.
An infected customer also visited Coles in Ashfield on January 6th between 4pm and 5pm, sparking fresh concerns in Sydney’s inner west.
Authorities have urged any other customers who were in the store at the same time to remain on high alert and seek testing if they develop symptoms.
