BP Nambucca Heads listed as venue of concern after visit by Covid-19 case

Anyone who attended the venue is considered a casual contact and must get tested and isolate until they get a negative result.

The BP Service Centre at Nambucca Heads has been listed as a venue of concern by NSW Health. All those people who visited the centre on Thursday 19 August between 2pm to 2.15pm have been deemed casual contacts and must get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result. Picture: Google

A service station at Nambucca Heads has been listed by NSW Health as a venue of concern after a visit by a Covid-19 case.

On Sunday afternoon Mid North Coast Local Health District released a statement indicating that anyone who visited BP Nambucca Heads on Thursday 19 August between 2pm to 2.15pm is considered a casual contact.

Those people who entered the BP at the times listed must immediately get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result.

NSW Health have already contacted those people deemed a close contact.

It is unknown at this stage whether it is linked linked to one of the two confirmed Covid-19 cases in Kempsey.

The revelation comes as NSW Police confirm they arrested one person and issued five other PINs after a anti-lockdown protest in Coffs Harbour.

Regional NSW is now entering its second week of lockdown, with local business owners already pleading with authorities for more help after a tough few months.

Coffs Harbour’s Abir Saad said she was solely focused on surviving after a downturn that began with border closures and the greater Sydney lockdown continued to bite.

In July, the city had to contend with its own Covid-scare which shut down a major construction site and led to a mass exodus of shoppers from retail outlets in a shopping centre mistakenly listed as a venue of concern. 

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