Urgent coronavirus alert as shopping centre is closed after a customer tested positive following a trip to Big W
- Bonnyrigg Plaza Shopping Centre closed after COVID-19 positive shopper visits
- The customer had visited the Big W and Bonnyrigg Fruit at the centre August 4
- No close contacts to the positive COVID-19 shopper has been identified
- The centre was closed for deep cleaning on Friday and reopened on Saturday
An urgent warning has been issued to customers at a western Sydney shopping centre after a shopper tested positive to COVID-19.
The customer is understood to have visited Big W and Bonnyrigg Fruit at the Bonnyrigg Plaza Shopping Centre on August 4.
No close contact to the COVID-19 positive customer has been confirmed.
The centre has was temporarily closed as it underwent deep cleaning.
The customer is understood to have visited Big W and Bonnyrigg Fruit at the Bonnyrigg Plaza Shopping Centre (pictured) on August 4
The Bonnyrigg Plaza Shopping Centre has was temporarily closed as it underwent deep cleaning (pictured, Broadway Shopping centre team, in Sydney, wearing face masks)
The Bonnyrigg Plaza Shopping Centre is the latest location to be added to the list of sites visited by COVID-19 positive individuals across Sydney (pictured, a masked cleaner wipes down a table at Broadway Shopping Centre in Sydney)
'The health and safety of our customers, retailers and community remains our highest priority,' centre management said on Friday.
'As per our COVID-safe plan, we will complete a thorough deep clean throughout the centre tonight and will reopen for trade tomorrow at 9.00am.'
The Bonnyrigg Plaza Shopping Centre is the latest location to be added to the list of sites visited by COVID-19 positive individuals across Sydney.
Jambo Jambo African Restaurant, in Glebe, and Fitness First, in St Leonards, are just some of the other places that were placed on high alert.
The spread of COVID-19 in NSW has essentially confined residents to their own state after Queensland's new border restrictions came into effect early on Saturday.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has followed the lead of her counterparts in WA, SA, and Tasmania in barring all NSW residents as community transmission continues in the state.
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Travel to Victoria is discouraged by the NSW government, leaving only the Northern Territory, which has barred Sydneysiders but is accepting travellers from some NSW regions.
Over half of the country's population is now banned from entering Queensland, with ACT and Victoria also declared hotspots.
It comes as NSW ramps up its own travel restrictions.
From Friday, NSW residents returning from coronavirus-hit Victoria must now complete two weeks of hotel quarantine.
Entry to NSW from Victoria is now restricted to flights landing at Sydney Airport, except for border community residents with permits.
An urgent warning has been issued to customers at a western Sydney shopping centre after a shopper tested positive to COVID-19 (pictured, a woman wearing a face mask and gloves undertakes cleaning on the Sydney Light Rail at Randwick station)
Those returning through the airport will be sent into 14 days of hotel quarantine at their own expense, alongside those returning from overseas.
NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said hotel quarantine had been one of the state's most effective tools in preventing the spread of COVID-19.
'Make no mistake - mandatory hotel quarantine has undoubtedly saved many lives, particularly among our vulnerable community members, and will continue to do so as we navigate this public health threat,' he said in a statement on Friday.
It comes as NSW recorded 11 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday, including one who attended The Apollo restaurant in Potts Point and eight who are close contacts of known cases.
One case, a female in her 60s from Sydney's southwest, is still under investigation, while one new case acquired in Victoria is in self-isolation.
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