Sydney five days free of locally transmitted cases
Despite five days of zero cases in NSW, authorities are concerned the virus is circulating in parts of north west Sydney and have issued an urgent alert more than 18,500 residents
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NSW has recorded five days straight without a locally transmitted COVID-19 case, after more than 20,000 people came forward to be tested.
The figures come a day after the health department issued an alert to almost 20,000 residents living in Sydney’s northwest after fragments of COVID-19 were found in sewage across two locations.
NSW Health said more than 23,000 tests were conducted up to 8pm on Wednesday and five new infections diagnosed in hotel quarantine.
NSW Health remains concerned active cases of the virus are still in the community, following
fragments detected in two sewage pumping stations.
The stations serve around 5860 residents of North Kellyville and Rouse Hill, and a population of 12,650 people across Rouse Hill, Box Hill, The Ponds, Kellyville Ridge, Parklea, Quakers Hill and Acacia Gardens.
The fragments could be linked to older cases of the virus, however people may be dismissing symptoms as a cold or hayfever.
A new pop-up clinic has been established in The Fiddler car park, on the corner of Windsor and Commercial Roads in Rouse Hill, in preparation for a testing blitz.
Symptoms such as a runny nose or scratchy throat, cough, tiredness, fever or other symptoms could be COVID-19.
After testing, people must remain in isolation until a negative result is received.
Sewage testing for genetic material of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, started in July, adding another tool in the fight against the global pandemic.
