⚠️ 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.
This catchment includes about 42,000 people and takes sewage from the following suburbs: Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, Summer Hill, Lewisham, Ashfield, Haberfield, Petersham, Lilyfield and Leichhardt.
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.
There are more than 300 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW, many of which are open seven days a week. To find your nearest clinic visit nsw.gov.au/covid-19/how-t… or contact your GP.
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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.
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.