COVID-19 #testingclinics are open with extended hours in the Sydney and the Eastern Suburbs areas.
See full thread for details.
If you experience mild COVID-19 symptoms it’s vital to come forward for testing immediately, even if you have been fully or partially vaccinated. Please self-isolate until a negative COVID-19 result is received.
Clinics are open at the following locations. Bookings are not required unless specified:
• Bondi Beach Drive-through Clinic - Park Drive North, Bondi Beach, drive-through entry on junction of Campbell Parade & Beach Road. Open 8am-10pm Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm Saturday & Sunday.
• St Vincent's Hospital (East Sydney Community and Arts Centre) - 34 Burton Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, access from palmer Street entrance. Open 8am-10pm Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm Saturday and Sunday.
•Bondi Junction Laverty Pathology Drive-through Clinic - 38 Waverly Street Level 2 Car park Bondi Junction. Open 8am-10pm Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm Saturday and Sunday.
•Rose Bay Laverty Pathology Drive-through Clinic - Lyne Park, Vickery Avenue Car Park, Rose Bay. Open 8am-10pm Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm Saturday and Sunday.
•Albion Street Centre Laverty Pathology Pop Up Clinic - Albion Centre, Crown Street Entrance, 150 Albion St, Surry Hills NSW 2010. Open 8am-8pm Monday-Friday, to be confirmed for Saturday and Sunday.
•Summer Hill Drive Through Clinic - 7 Prospect Road, Inner West Council Works Depot, 2130. Open 8.30am – 4pm 7 days a week.
•Roselands Drive Through Clinic - Off Roseland Avenue, Roselands Shopping Centre open air car park, 2196. Open 8.30am – 4pm 7 days a week.
*UPDATE* Albion Street Centre Laverty Pathology Pop Up Clinic will be open 8am-8pm today (Wednesday 5 May), and then 8am-6pm Monday-Friday. Saturday and Sunday hours are still to be confirmed.
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NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Five new cases were acquired overseas to 8pm last night, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,332.
There were 13,339 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 11,579.
NSW Health administered 5,415 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 740,568, with 229,491 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 511,077 administered by the GP network and other providers to 11.59pm on Wednesday 5 May.
⚠️ PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER ⚠️
Following a recent case of COVID-19 community transmission changes to restrictions have been introduced under a Public Health Order.
These rules and restrictions apply for Greater Sydney, Central Coast, Wollongong and Blue Mountains from 5pm, Thursday 6 May 2021 until 12.01AM on Monday 10 May 2021.
The following restrictions are now in place:
• Singing will not be permitted in indoor areas of non-residential premises unless:
- The singers are performers (including, for example, a choir at a place of worship)
- The singing takes place in a school or educational facility or
NSW Health is asking everyone in these areas to be especially vigilant in monitoring for symptoms, and if they appear get tested and isolate immediately until a negative result is received.
NSW recorded two new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. Nine new cases were acquired overseas to 8pm last night.
Nine new cases were acquired overseas to 8pm last night. One previously reported case has been excluded, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,327.
There were 11,579 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 13,543.
⚠️ PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT – NEW VENUES AND SEWAGE DETECTION ⚠️
NSW Health can advise that new venues of concern have been identified and others have been updated as part of ongoing investigations into a COVID-19 case reported earlier today.
Some details from the venues above have been updated from earlier today, and some are new venues. The full list of venues of concern will be updated shortly and will be available at nsw.gov.au/covid-19/lates…. People are urged to check the website regularly for updates.
NSW Health was notified this evening that fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been detected in the Marrickville Sewage Network.