Inner west sports centre and vet close after COVID contacts
A popular inner west sports centre has been shut for deep cleaning today after a young netballer tested positive to COVID-19. An animal hospital has also closed as a precaution after a brief exposure to a person with coronavirus.
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A popular inner west sports centre was shut for deep cleaning today after a young netballer tested positive to COVID-19.
The Robyn Webster Sports Centre in Tempe shut after being alerted that a student who played a netball game last Saturday tested positive.
“As a precaution we immediately closed the venue and deep cleaned all public areas,” a statement from Inner West Council said.
The sports centre is expected to reopen on Saturday.
The Sydney Animals Hospital Newtown, located in Erskineville, also shut today as a precautionary measure.
“Our hospital has had a potential brief exposure to COVID-19,” the vet posted to Facebook.
The vet said there was no risk to staff or customers and the venue was closed for deep cleaning today, and will reopen tomorrow.
FRIDAY’S CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
On Friday, Australia has recorded its youngest coronavirus victim, with a man in his 20s among the dead in Victoria.
The news came on Friday as 14 deaths were reported in Victoria, 12 linked to aged care.
Our southern neighbours identified 372 new cases, while NSW recorded just nine.
But Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said he was “confident” the state had seen the peak of the second wave, with numbers decreasing by the day.
In NSW, the Tangara School for Girls cluster grew to 21 cases as another student tested positive.
The school has been at the centre of a police investigation after allegations it had flouted COVID restrictions but officers have told The Daily Telegraph they did not detect any breaches.
“The NSW Police force has finalised its investigation and determined no breaches of the Public Health Act or public health orders have taken place,” a NSW Police spokesman said on Friday.
However, the Cherrybrook school will remain closed until August 24.
St Vincent’s College in Potts Point was also closed on Friday after a student tested positive to the coronavirus.
The Potts Point area has been on high alert after clusters at the Thai Rock and Apollo restaurants made the suburb a hotspot.
Among the new cases recorded in NSW on Friday were a staff member at Liverpool Hospital and a worker at the busy Dooley’s Catholic Club in Lidcombe.
Two of the new cases were household contacts, three were overseas arrivals and one case was locally acquired with an unknown source.
NSW has recorded 381 cases of mystery community transmission since the pandemic began.
The Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Rouse Hill was also on high alert on Friday after a parishioner who attended mass on August 8 tested positive.
And the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Darling Point will remain closed for at least another week after a second member tested positive to COVID-19.
Meantime, two people in NSW have been charged for spitting and seven fined for breaching the public health act.
A 14-year-old allegedly spat at and punched a bus driver in the head on Wednesday while heavily affected by alcohol.
On Thursday, a Mosman woman allegedly spat at police and paramedics while in the back of an ambulance.
Of the seven fines, three were businesses found not abiding by the public health order, including a pub in Balmain that was fined $5000.