Thread by @NSWHealth

NSW recorded two locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, one of which was announced yesterday morning and is included in today’s numbers.

NSW Health has also been notified overnight of a new locally acquired case that will be included in tomorrow’s numbers.
Four new overseas-acquired cases were recorded in the same period, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,448.

There were 26,631 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 21,678.
NSW Health administered a record 17,763 COVID-19 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, including 6,222 at the vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park.

The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 1,859,779, with 666,689 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 1,193,090 administered by the GP network and other providers to 11:59pm on Thursday 17 June.

There are now six cases linked to the emerging Bondi cluster. Of the locally acquired cases to 8pm last night:
• One case was announced yesterday – a man in his 50s who lives in the eastern suburbs and attended the Westfield Bondi Junction Myer store.

• The second case is a woman in her 40s from the eastern suburbs who attended a number of venues in Westfield Bondi Junction.
A new case, reported overnight, is a man in his 30s who lives in Sydney. He attended Westfield Bondi Junction.

This case will be included in tomorrow’s reported numbers.
While urgent investigations are underway, NSW Health is asking those who visited Westfield Bondi Junction (including the car park) at the following times to get a COVID-19 test, even if they do not have any symptoms.

- Bondi Junction, Westfield Bondi Junction, 500 Oxford Street: Saturday 12 June, 11am - 12pm

- Bondi Junction, Westfield Bondi Junction, 500 Oxford Street: Sunday 13 June, 1pm- 2pm and 4pm- 4.30pm

People who do not have symptoms do not need to isolate, but until they return a negative test are strongly urged to wear a mask in all public indoor spaces, avoid gatherings and minimise their movements, particularly attending the cinemas or trips to the ski fields.

If you can work from home, please do so.

All those who visited Westfield Bondi Junction between Friday 11 June and Friday 18 June outside the times listed above should monitor closely for symptoms and get tested if they become unwell.

Anyone who attended any of the following venues or train routes at the times listed is a casual contact and must immediately get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received.

Please continue to monitor for symptoms and immediately isolate and get tested if they develop:

- Pennant Hills , Plants Plus, 95 Castle Hill Rd West: Saturday 12 June, 12.30pm to 12.45pm

- Glenhaven, Flower Power Garden Centre, 609 Old Northern Rd: Saturday 12 June, 2pm to 2.30pm

- Newtown Station to Central Station, T2 Inner West & Leppington Line from Newtown Station Platform 1 to Central Station Platform 17: Sunday 13 June, departed approx. 2.55pm and arrived approx. 3.01pm

- Central Station to Bondi Junction Station, T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line fom Central Station Platform 24 to Bondi Junction Station Platform 2: Sunday 13 June, departed approx. 3.05pm or 3.11pm and arrived approx. 3.23pm or 3.26pm

- Merrylands, Stocklands Merrylands Shopping Centre, 1 Pitt St: Monday 14 June, 1pm to 3pm

- Bondi Junction Station to Central Station, T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line from Bondi Junction Train Station Platform 1 to Central Train Station Platform 25: Tuesday 15 June, departed approx. 8.03am, arrived approx. 8.15am

- Central Station to Campbelltown Station, T8 Airport & South Line from Central Station Platform 23 to Campbelltown Station Platform 3: Tuesday 15 June, departed approx. 8.18am, arrived approx. 9.16am

- Campbelltown Station to Central Station, T8 Airport & South Line from Campbelltown Station Platform 2 to Central Station Platform 21: Tuesday 15 June, departed approx. 1.18pm, arrived approx. 2.14pm

- Central Station to Bondi Junction Station, T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line from Central Station Platform 24 to Bondi Junction Station Platform 2: Tuesday 15 June departed approx. 2.19pm and arrived approx. 2.33pm

- Drummoyne, Birkenhead Point Brand Outlet, 19 Roseby St: Tuesday 15 June 10am – 2pm
- Tempe, IKEA, 634-726 Princes Hwy: Wednesday 16 June 10am -12.00pm
- Tempe, Decathlon, 634-725 Princes Hwy: Wednesday 16 June 12.00pm to 12.30pm

- Fairy Meadow, The Broken Drum café, 6/78 Princes Highway, Daisy St: Friday 18 June 10.20am - 10.40am

NSW Health always alerts the community as soon as possible when there is any risk to public health, including exposure venues related to confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Further venues of concern are being identified as case investigations continue, and the list of venues is continuing to be updated. Check the NSW Health website regularly and follow the relevant health advice if you have attended a venue of concern:
health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/cov…

Given the latest cases of community transmission and updated health advice, NSW Health is asking people in the Sydney and Blue Mountains area (excluding the Central Coast and Wollongong and the Illawarra) to follow updated health advice until 12.01am Thursday 24 June 2021:

•Avoid non-essential visits to aged care and disability facilities, but if visiting, wear a mask and limit visits to two people per day.

•Masks are mandatory on public transport and strongly encouraged in all public indoor venues, such as retail, theatres, hospitals, aged care facilities, and for front-of-house hospitality staff.

NSW Health’s ongoing Sewage Surveillance Program has detected fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 at the Camellia North and Camelia South pumping stations in Sydney’s western suburbs.

These catchments serve about 109,600 people and covers suburbs including Camellia, Harris Park, Granville, South Granville, Mays Hill, Merrylands, Merrylands West, North Parramatta, Parramatta, South Wentworthville, Westmead, Guildford West, Sydney Olympic Park, Newington,

Holroyd, Clyde, Auburn, Old Guildford, Guildford, Silverwater, Rosehill, and Rydalmere.
People who have recently recovered from COVID-19 may continue to shed virus fragments into the wastewater system for several weeks after they are no longer infectious.

A number of people in these catchments have recently been released from hotel quarantine after recovering from COVID-19.

However, NSW Health urges everyone in these areas to be especially vigilant for any cold like symptoms. If they appear, please immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.

Anyone with even the mildest of cold-like symptoms is urged to immediately come forward for testing and isolate 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.

NSW Health is treating 39 COVID-19 cases, none of whom are in intensive care. Most cases (97 per cent) are being treated in non-acute, out-of-hospital care, including returned travellers in the Special Health Accommodation.