Coffs Harbour and Newcastle on alert as NSW Health updates list of COVID exposure sites after 98 cases
A bottle shop in Coffs Harbour, 500km north of Sydney, and a Coles Express in Newcastle are among the newly identified COVID-hit venues, causing fears the virus will spread beyond the Harbour City.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 20, 2021 - 7:50AM
New South Wales’ list of coronavirus exposure sites has swelled overnight to include a bottle shop more than five hours north of Sydney and a Coles Express in Newcastle.
Contact tracers named Hoey Moey Bottle shop in Coffs Harbour, on the north coast of NSW, as a close contact venue on Thursday July 15 from 3.55pm to 4.10pm after an infected person from Sydney travelled into the area.
COVID-19 update: Gladys Berejiklian announces 78 local cases in New South Wales
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said 27 of the new cases were in the community while infectious as the state s health boss flagged an emerging risk in Sydney.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 20, 2021 - 11:00AM
New South Wales has recorded 78 new coronavirus cases, including 27 infectious in the community, as health authorities flag an emerging risk .
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said there is some “good news” as additional COVID infections have been picked up through the mandatory testing of asymptomatic essential workers in south-west Sydney.
The premier also asked residents in the Canterbury-Bankstown LGA, Hurstville and Kogarah areas to come forward for testing as she again reiterated the number of cases infectious in the community needs to drop to end the lockdown.