NSW south coast on high alert after person with Covid travels there

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A nostalgia shop and Indian restaurant are the latest in a long list of venues to be put on high alert after a Covid-infected person visited the New South Wales south coast.

Taj Indian Restaurant in Huskisson and The Nostalgia Factory in Kangaroo Valley were both identified as potentially high risk locations on Wednesday night.

New South Wales Health advised that a person with coronavirus visited both locations on Sunday, December 27.

Diners at the Indian restaurant 4.45pm and 5.20pm must monitor for symptoms and get tested if any developed. They are also urged to self isolate.

Similarly, customers at the Kangaroo Valley gift store between 11.20am and 11.30am must monitor for symptoms and self isolate. 

There are fears Covid could be spreading undetected through regions of New South Wales as Sydneysiders travel to coastal communities for their summer holidays.

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An 18-year-old man who tested positive for Covid also recently traveled to Orange, Nyngan and Broken Hill on a road trip with friends over the New Year weekend while infectious. 

Meanwhile anybody who played cricket at the Ollie Webb Cricket Ground in Parramatta between 7.30am and 11am on Monday December 28 must get a Covid test and self isolate for the next 14 days regardless of the result.

Any spectators in the venue at the same time must also self isolate until they get a negative result. 

NSW Health on Wednesday updated the list of venues linked to known Covid cases after recording four new locally acquired cases.

One infected resident visited several locations in Wentworthville, in the city’s west, on Sunday December 27, Wednesday December 30 and Friday January 1.

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Customers at the Kangaroo Valley gift store between 11.20am and 11.30am must monitor for symptoms and self isolate

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A Covid-19 cluster in Berala has been caused by a patient transfer worker who took a family of returned overseas travellers to a health facility. Pictured: A map showing where Covid-19 cases have been recorded since 16 December

Anybody who visited BWS or Domino’s Pizza in Wentworthville between 8.30pm and 9pm has been urged to seek testing for coronavirus and self isolate until receiving a negative result.

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Customers at the Woolworths on the same day between 12pm and 12.10pm have been identified as casual contacts and must monitor for symptoms.

Green Farm Meat NSW Halal was also visited by an infected customer between 12.10pm and 12.15pm on December 30, and other customers must monitor for symptoms, while shoppers at Uduya Supermarket must also stay on high alert. 

Health advice has also been updated for anybody who attended the Sydney Murugan Temple in May’s Hill on Friday January 1 between 12.46pm and 1.06pm.

Anybody in the venue at this time is now considered a close contact and must seek testing and self isolate for 14 days regardless of the result. 

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COVID-19 testing is carried out at the Summer Hill testing clinic on December 31

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Pictured: Passengers are tested for Covid-19 at Melbourne Airport on December 20, 2020

There are fears the virus is spreading undetected in Sydney’s western suburbs after two new cases were linked to the Berala cluster on Wednesday.

Another case was linked to the Northern Beaches cluster while a fourth is under investigation in western Sydney. 

It comes as thousands of cricket fans who went to the second day of the Australia-India Test match at the MCG are being urged to get tested for coronavirus after a fan was diagnosed with the disease.

The man watched the game from zone 5 in the Great Southern Stand between 12.30pm and 3.30pm on 27 December.

About 8,000 fans who were in that zone are being urged via text message to get tested.

The man is a ‘mystery case’ meaning contact tracers do not know where he caught his infection.

Officials do not believe he was infectious at the MCG but want fans to get tested to find out if they may be the source of his illness. 

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On Saturday evening, NSW Health ramped up its alert for the Berala bottle shop, with many of its customers of the Christmas holiday period now considered to be close contacts

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Shoppers leaving Woolworths Berala are seen wearing masks on January 3. The venue is now at the centre of a potential Covid outbreak – with thousands told to isolate


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