Published June 27, 2021
NSW Health incorrectly listed Crossroads Hotel (the centre of a cluster in 2020) as an exposure site instead of Crossways Hotel yesterday. The department has now issued a statement in response to the mixup.
NSW Health previously listed Crossroads Hotel, Casula as a COVID-19 exposure site, advising it as a venue of concern that had been visited by a confirm COVID-19 case. The correct venue of concern is actually the similarly named Crossways Hotel, in Strathfield.
“Please note that anyone who attended Crossroads Hotel in Casula is not a close contact,” the statement read.
Some people are angry at the states incompetence, and expressed that “now is not the time to be making mistakes like this.”
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The Bondi COVID-19 cluster has overtaken the Crossroads Hotel outbreak that came before it, as Greater Sydney prepares to join the eastern suburbs and go into a two-week lockdown from 6pm on Saturday.
Herald journalist, there are 82 COVID cases associated with the Bondi cluster on day 10 (Friday), compared with Crossroads Hotel’s 65.
Avalon’s outbreak – including subsequent outbreaks, such as the Croydon and BWS Berala clusters – had 126 at the same point in time of its outbreak.
Outbreaks compared - now and then
However, the good news is that unlinked cases are much lower than Crossroads at this stage. The bad news is that Sydney is now dealing with the Delta variant of COVID-19, which is more transmissible.
NSW Health has been notified of additional venues across Sydney visited by confirmed cases of COVID‑19. Any person - and their household contacts - who.
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