Sydney records 15 new locally-acquired coronavirus cases - all linked to the Northern Beaches cluster - as hope grows the city s new outbreak has been contained
Sydney has recorded 15 new cases of coronavirus - and all have been linked to the Northern Beaches cluster
Health Minister Brad Hazzard said virus may have come from an Australian returning from Los Angeles
All states have closed borders to Greater Sydney and Western Australia has banned all of New South Wales
UK s mutant strain of Covid-19 which is 75 per cent more contagious has been detected in hotel quarantine
Hundreds of panicked pub-goers were wrongly told they were exposed to coronavirus and must self-isolate through Christmas.
All punters who attended Manly s Hotel Steyne on December 17 received a text from NSW Health on Monday night informing them of the grim, but incorrect, news. You have been exposed to the Covid-19 virus. You may have Covid-19 and could give it to others, the message read.
Hundreds of pub-goers have been left fuming after being wrongly told they were exposed to coronavirus and must self-isolate through Christmas (Pictured: Hotel Steyne at Manly Beach)
Punters who attended Manly s Hotel Steyne on December 17 received a text from NSW Health on Monday night informing them of the grim news
Sydney reported 30 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, 28 with confirmed links to northern beaches cluster
Infectious disease expert Professor Raina MacIntyre said Sydney needs to go into lockdown if cases rise
She warned about the dangers of Christmas and New Year s, predicting cases could hit 3,000 by January 8
Prof MacIntyre said NSW needed to improve its digital contact-tracing and efficiency of testing clinics
Western Australia also reinstated its hard border with NSW from midnight Saturday. More venues have been added to a NSW Health alert list. Anyone who was at the following venues is considered a close contact and should get tested immediately and self-isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result:
Café Junior, Woolworths Neutral Bay Village, 1-7 Rangers Road, Neutral Bay: Sunday 13 December, 12:45pm - 2.30pm
Salon X, 86 William Street, Paddington: Wednesday 16 December, 9am - 6pm and Thursday 17 December, 9am - 8pm
Mona Vale Golf Club (bar and function room), 3 Golf Avenue, Mona Vale: Wednesday 16 December, 5pm - 10pm
Garfish Seafood Restaurant, 39 East Esplanade, Manly: Thursday 17 December, 6:45pm - 8:30pm
Hannah Wootton
Sydneysiders will be cut off from most of Australia from midnight on Sunday as Victoria, Queensland and SA joined WA and Tasmania in slamming their borders closed in light of the city s growing northern suburb s cluster.
Victoria s NSW border will close to anyone who is from or has visited Greater Sydney and the Central Coast from midnight on Sunday, with anyone entering after that time ordered into hotel quarantine.
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Victorians get a grace period; if they return home by midnight on Monday, they can quarantine at home provided they get a COVID-19 test within 24 hours. From midnight on Monday, they will also enter hotel quarantine.