An urgent coronavirus warning has been issued for Woolworths in Sydney s eastern suburbs with hundreds ordered into isolation.
Those who visited the supermarket in Double Bay on Monday, May 3 between 10.45am-11am have been urged to get tested and isolate immediately.
The same instructions have been given to anybody who visited the store on May 4 between 4.05pm - 4.15pm.
NSW Health said casual contacts needed to isolate until they received a negative test and should continue to get swabbed if symptoms appear.
NSW recorded another day of no new locally-acquired cases, as hope grows that the state has avoided a widespread outbreak
Australia s top doctor warns Sydney may see more cases as a potential new coronavirus infection in Manly raised fears of a bigger outbreak.
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly was asked at a press conference on Friday if he had heard about a potential case on the Northern Beaches, and replied that he didn t have any details. There was no new cases when the AHPPC met just a few minutes ago but they are continuing to do a lot of testing and people are coming forward to be tested which is fantastic, he said.
Australia s Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said he didn t have any details about the two Covid risk locations in the Northern Beaches
Health by Bianca Mastroianni Lisa Wilkinson made an extremely good point during Thursday night s episode of The Project. Her comments came as she discussed the latest Sydney COVID outbreak with co-host Waleed Aly, and the struggles that will come with it being Mother s Day weekend. Here we are again. The Mother s Day thing is interesting. Indoor is the main issue with COVID, Aly explained. All of the recent outbreaks have occurred over public holidays. Picture: Channel 10 We know that from experience. And the weather in Sydney over the weekend is meant to be wet, which means Mother s Day will probably be inside. Which does increase the risk. It s not a great situation.