Covid case locations identified at Yamba Fair shopping centre
A Yamba shopping centre has issued a warning after learning a person with Covid-19 visited a supermarket and a pharmacy. It comes as a second positive case is recorded in the Lower Clarence.
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A person who visited two stores at a Yamba shopping centre had Covid-19 at the time, prompting a warning from centre management.
Yamba Fair shopping centre issued an alert to customers about 6pm Wednesday stating that a positive case had attended the venue on Saturday, October 16, between 9.06am and 9.41am.
A spokesperson for the shopping centre confirmed the positive case only attended Coles supermarket and Priceline Pharmacy during those times.
It came after a second positive case was recorded in the Clarence Valley region on Wednesday.
The Clarence Valley cluster remains the biggest in Northern NSW having recorded 29 of the region’s 98 cases in the past four weeks.
A NSW Health breakdown of Covid cases in the past four weeks, as of October 20 shows:
- Ballina: 10
- Byron Bay: 6
- Clarence Valley: 29
- Coffs Harbour: 5
- Kyogle: 16
- Lismore: 14
- Richmond Valley: 18
- Tweed: 4
Anyone with even the slightest symptoms should get tested as soon as they feel unwell. There are more than 500 Covid-19 testing locations across NSW.
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