A pop-up coronavirus testing clinic at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney in July 2020. Check our full list of regional NSW and Sydney Covid hotspots and case locations. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP
A pop-up coronavirus testing clinic at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney in July 2020. Check our full list of regional NSW and Sydney Covid hotspots and case locations. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP
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Wed 5 May 2021 02.35 EDT
First published on Tue 4 May 2021 23.21 EDT
New South Wales health authorities have updated a list of hotspots Covid-positive people have visited while infectious.
Here’s an overview and what to do if you’ve visited them. More detailed information is available at the NSW Health website.
New mystery COVID case detected in NSW A new case of COVID community transmission has been detected in NSW with the infected man said to be “very active” across Sydney.
Health by JAMES O’DOHERTY
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Subscriber only A new case of COVID-19 community transmission has been detected in NSW with the infected man said to be very active across Sydney. The man was tested yesterday and returned a positive result today. He visited a number of locations while infectious including a screening of The Courier at Event Cinemas in Bondi Junction, Figo Restuarant in Rushcutters Bay, BP Mascot, The Meat Store in Bondi Junction and several barbecue outlets across Annandale, Casula and Silverwater.
Published May 5, 2021
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A Sydney man has tested positive for COVID-19, in what appears to be a case of community transmission.
The man, in his 50s, returned a positive result on Wednesday, meaning his case will be included in Thursdays numbers.
It is understood that he has not travelled overseas recently, nor does he work in a hotel quarantine, border or health role, according to NSW Health.
On Friday April 30 the man went to the District Brasserie in Chifley Square in the city, the HineSight Optometrist in Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, and then to Barbaretta in Paddington.
That night he went to a screening of The Courier at Bondi Junction s Event Cinemas from 6-8pm, and then to the Figo Restaurant in Rushcutters Bay later that night.
The next day - Saturday May 1 - the man went to four barbeque shops. Two were in Silverwater, one in Annandale and one in Casula.
The afternoon he went to a BP service station in Mascot.
A man with coronavirus went to see a movie at Event Cinemas in Bondi Junction.(Google Maps)