Huge Covid exposure list is revealed with EIGHTEEN new venues including a busy Aldi, Coles and Woolworths – so do you need to isolate?
- Urgent alert issued for new exposure sites across Sydney Wednesday night
- Include Commonwealth Bank ATMs, car yard, Aldi and a medical centre
- Attendees regarded as close contacts and must get tested and isolate 14 days
- Thirteen casual contact sites include Coles, Woolworths and Bakers Delight
More coronavirus exposure venues have been announced, forcing thousands of Sydneysiders to isolate and get tested.
An Aldi supermarket, car yard, Woolworths, Coles and medical centre among the 18 new exposure sites across Sydney announced by NSW Health late Wednesday night.
Half of the new sites are in the three local government areas in Sydney's south-west, where residents have been ordered to stay at home due to a rapid rise in cases.
An urgent alert has been issued for anyone who attended the ATMs at the Commonwealth Bank Burwood branch on June 28 6.50pm-7.10pm and July 2 5.30pm– 5.50pm.
Anyone at the ATMs at the listed times is regarded as a close contact and has been ordered to get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result.
A host of new close contact exposure sites have been listed, including Aldi Canterbury (pictured)
The same orders apply to anyone who attended Aldi in Canterbury on June 28, 12pm– 1.50pm, Billy's Cars in Revesby July 2 and 3 9am-5pm MeatFish Burwood, July 3, 12.15pm-12.55pm or Myhealth Medical Centre in Burwood on July 6, 11.45am-1pm.
Thirteen casual contact exposure sites were also listed, including Coles, Aldi and Freshworld Fruit Market at Maroubra, Costco at Casula, Charing Cross Pizza in Waverley, Little General Espresso Bar Riverwood, Evergreen Fresh World Burwood, Shell Coles Express Pagewood, Metro Petroleum Condell Park and Woolworths Bonnyrigg.
A host of Revesby sites were also listed including the local Woolworths, Cha Point and Bakers Delight.
Anyone at those sites at the specific times must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.
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Anyone who attended the ATMs at the Commonwealth Bank Burwood branch on June 28 6.50pm-7.10pm and July 2 5.30pm– 5.50pm must get tested and isolate for 14 days
Sydney has had its lockdown extended another week until at least July 16. Pictured is a deserted CBD on Wednesday
Residents are urged to check the NSW government website regularly, as the list of venues of concern and relevant health advice are being updated as investigations continue.
It comes after a host of close contact exposures venues, including Bunnings, Dan Murphy's, a SuperCheap Auto store and brewery were announced earlier on Wednesday.
An urgent alert was been issued for the Commonwealth Bank branch in Riverwood after a staff member worked there for three days while infectious July 1-2 and July 5 and transmitted the virus to others.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has extended the lockdown of Sydney and surrounding regions another week until July 16 after 27 new cases were recorded on Wednesday.
Only 13 new cases were in isolation for the entirety of their infectious period.
Ms Berejiklian warned case numbers would spike in the coming days due to the highly infectious Delta strain of the virus spreading across Sydney's south-west.
Residents in the local government areas of Fairfield, Liverpool and Canterbury-Bankstown have been ordered to not leave home unless necessary.
Harsher restrictions haven't been ruled out if the virus in those areas continues to spread at a rapid rate.
Coles at Maroubra was one of 13 casual contact exposure sites announced Wednesday night
