NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned more locally-acquired Covid-19 cases are likely after a man from Sydney s east picked up the virus.
Ms Berejiklian on Wednesday said the man in his 50s has not recently travelled overseas, does not work in a hotel quarantine, border or a health role and has no idea where he caught the coronavirus.
He also has not recently travelled interstate.
The man s positive result was recorded on Wednesday morning and NSW Health believe he has been infectious since last Friday.
Ms Berejiklian on Wednesday said the man in his 50s has not recently travelled overseas, does not work in a hotel quarantine, border or a health role and has no idea where he caught the coronavirus
Sydney news: COVID-19 exposure site list grows, virus detected in sewerage network
The Royal Sydney Golf Club in Rose Bay and Moore Park s Entertainment Quarter are among the new potential COVID-19 exposure sites visited by a man in his 50s who tested positive yesterday.
The man, who had a very high viral load that makes him more infectious, was very active in the community while infectious. The source of his infection was still under investigation.
The venue alert list was updated last night to include the following locations:
The Stadium Club, Moore Park 3/5/21 11.30am-12.30pm
Azure Cafe, Moore Park 3/5/21 12:30pm-1pm
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Police arrest man after pursuit and crash – Dulwich Hill
A man has been arrested after crashing into parked cars during a pursuit with police in Sydney’s Inner West overnight.
About 9.40pm (Thursday 22 April 2021), officers from Inner West Police Area Command were patrolling Dulwich Hill, when they attempted to speak to the driver of a Volkswagen Polo, stopped at the intersection of New Canterbury and Constitution Roads, due to the manner of driving.
The Volkswagen drove off, turning right into Constitution Road, before colliding with a parked Mazda CX9.
The driver failed to stop and at the intersection of Denison Road, collided with a parked Mazda 3.
PM should listen more and talk less about emissions
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April 21, 2021 12.05am
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The Prime Minister continues to divide Australians on climate change with his disparaging and dismissive remarks about patrons of inner-city cafes, dinner parties and wine bars (“Industry key to Australia’s emissions target, not ‘inner-city dinner parties’: PM”, smh.com.au, April 20). Climate change is all of our concern, Prime Minister. Many of us in regional and rural Australia echo sentiments expressed by city dwellers. Scientists have been leading the way in communicating climate change knowledge to help us make decisions. The farming organisations are far ahead of the government in their approach to climate change. The PM would benefit by listening to, rather than alienating, school and university students and young people in all parts of Australia who share and articulate th
What we need is a dose of reality for our safety
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Opening Australia up to overseas travel is criminally foolish (“Overseas travel back on agenda”, April 16). We do not have herd immunity. We do not have a large percentage of the population vaccinated, and with the current limits on the AstraZeneca, the timeline for enough Pfizer is set in quicksand, rather than concrete. Alan Joyce and Scott Morrison are looking at profits, rather than the realities of human health and safety.