Aldi and Coles on COVID-alert as NSW Health s exposure sites list continues to grow
Contact tracers named further venues of concern in Greater Sydney overnight after Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced 51 of the 207 new cases on Monday were infectious in the community.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
August 3, 2021 - 7:30AM
An Aldi, Coles and pharmacy are among the latest COVID-hit venues in Greater Sydney.
NSW Health updated their list of exposure sites overnight after the state recorded 207 new cases on Monday, including 51 infectious in the community.
The latest venues of concern are sprawled across the Harbour City, with a Repco in the south and a hotel west of Campbelltown named by contact tracers.
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NSW reported 89 new local coronavirus cases on Tuesday, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian foreshadowed an announcement about the future of Sydney’s lockdown as early as this afternoon.
The slight drop in daily cases came as it was announced a second death had been linked to the outbreak. The eastern suburbs man, aged in his 70s, died on Monday.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the bulk of the spread had occurred in south-west Sydney. However, there was seeding in other areas of the city.
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At least 30 of the new cases were in the community for some or all of their infectious period. Sixty-four of the cases reside within the South West Sydney Local Health District and 15 are from South Eastern Sydney.
Masks are now mandatory in all common areas of apartment blocks across Greater Sydney
The new mask rule comes after an outbreak in an apartment block in Bondi resulted in eight new cases
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NSW has introduced stricter rules about wearing masks, which now must be worn in all common areas of apartment buildings, including foyers, stairwells, lifts, common corridors and shared laundry facilities. The new rule was announced news broke of an outbreak at an apartment block in Bondi, where eight people across five different households have tested positive in the past 24 hours.
There are 29 apartments in the building on Botany Street in Bondi Junction, which is now under armed-guard lockdown, with the entrance taped off and all residents under strict stay-at-home orders. Those residents who have already tested positive have been moved to a state-controlled quarantine facility.