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Urgent alert for four busy Sydney trains, a Coles and Australia Post office as coronavirus infections continue to lurk in the city
An urgent alert has been 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.
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.
The latest locations were updated on Monday afternoon, after New South Wales recorded three new locally acquired cases all linked to the Berala cluster.
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.’
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