Central Coast Covid: Exposure sites emerge as new cases announced
Covid fragments have been detected in the Toukley sewerage system renewing calls for people to get tested. It comes after further exposure sites were identified from a Sydney visitor.
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Central Coast Local Health District is advising that, as part of the NSW Sewage Surveillance
Program, fragments of Covid were detected at the Toukley Sewage Treatment Plant.
The sample was taken on Thursday, July 29, at a sewage treatment plant which serves an
area of about 29,000 people in suburbs including Budgewoi, Buff Point, Canton Beach,
Halekulani, Magenta, Norah Head, Noraville, Toukley, Tuggerawong, Wyongah, Kanwal,
Gorokan and Lake Haven.
These detections are particularly concerning as there are no longer any known cases in
these areas.
Anyone who lives or works in any of these areas is asked to be particularly vigilant for the
onset of symptoms that could signal COVID-19.
Even if the mildest of symptoms appear,
please get tested immediately and isolate until a negative result is received.
Symptoms of COVID-19 include a fever, cough, sore/scratchy throat, shortness of breath,
runny nose, and loss of taste or smell.
TWO TRAIN SERVICES ADDED AS CLOSE CONTACT EXPOSURE SITES
The Central Coast now has 21 Covid exposure sites.
Central Coast Local Health District is advising the community of a further three sites including two bus routes and a service station.
Last Friday, a man from Sydney was unknowingly infectious with Covid when he travelled from Tuggerah Station to Gosford Station with stops along the way.
Anyone who travelled on the following bus routes is considered a “close contact” and must get tested and isolate for 14 days.
■ Route 25 – Tuggerah Station to Bateau Bay Square on Friday, July 23 from 1.58pm
to 2.35pm.
■ Route 21 – Lions Park, Central Coast Highway, Long Jetty to Gosford Train Station,
Stand N on Friday, July 23 from 3.41pm to 4.30pm.
Two train services have also been deemed to be close contacts with anyone on the following trains urged to get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result.
■ From Strathfield to Tuggerah Friday, July 23 from 12.31pm – 1.50pm.
■ From Gosford to Central Friday, July 23 from 4.32pm – 5.58pm.
The 7-Eleven Service Station, at 475 The Entrance Road, Long Jetty, has also been identified as an exposure site.
Anyone who attended the store Friday July 23 between 3.15pm – 3.35pm is a casual contact and must get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.
It comes after a pharmacy inside the Northlakes Shopping Centre at San Remo was also upgraded in the list of Central Coast Covid exposure sites.
Central Coast Local Health District is advising anyone who attended Priceline Pharmacy Northlakes – 21 Pacific Highway, San Remo – on Friday 23 between 2.20pm and 2.40pm to get tested immediately and isolate.
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“Anyone who attended the venue at the time listed below is now considered a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result, and call 1800 943 553 unless they have already been contacted by NSW Health,” a CCLHD spokeswoman said.
Anyone who visited the pharmacy on July 22 between 11am-11.30am is a casual contact.
No new cases of Covid have emerged since the fifth case was announced on Sunday. All five cases were in the same household and have been sent to hotel quarantine in Sydney.
Earlier, July 26, 2021
The Central Coast’s run of zero community Covid transmissions could soon be over with major exposure sites emerging including Westfield Tuggerah.
Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) has revealed 17 exposure sites in the northern area the region including suburbs of Budgewoi, San Remo and Tuggerah, Northlakes, Lake Haven and Charmhaven. These include Westfield Tuggerah, Lake Haven shopping centre and Bunnings at Charmhaven.
It comes as one new Covid case has been diagnosed on the coast, with the latest case linked to all exposure sites due to their movements from Wednesday July 21 to Sunday July 25.
CCLHD has confirmed all cases on the coast are under the same roof, with the latest cases identified as household contacts of the four previously announced cases.
“The household, including the five confirmed cases and the two other people in the household who have tested negative to date, are being moved to the Special Health Accommodation in Sydney to isolate, with health staff undertaking daily wellness checks,” a spokeswoman from CCLHD said.
Anyone who attended H & R Block Toukley, 1/266 Main Rd, Toukley, on Friday, July 23 between 1.40pm and 2.15pm is deemed a “close contact” and urged to get tested and isolate for 14 days.
A further 16 “casual contact” locations have been identified, with people who have attended the venues in the past four days, or at the time of exposure, asked to be tested immediately and isolate until a negative result is received.
• Singletons Butchery, Northlakes Shopping Centre, San Remo: Wednesday July 21, 1.55pm – 2.05pm
• Northlakes Shopping Centre, 17-21 Pacific Highway, San Remo: Wednesday, July 21, 1.55pm – 2.20pm, Thursday, July 22, 11.05am -11.30am, Friday, July 23, 2.20pm – 3.05pm, Saturday, July 24, 1pm-1.15pm, Sunday, July 25, 9.40am-10.15am
• Coles San Remo: Wednesday July 21, 2.05pm-2.20pm, Friday, July 23, 2.35pm-2.50pm, Sunday July 25, 9.45am -10.15am
• Priceline Pharmacy Northlakes: Thursday, Jul 22, 11am-11.30am, Friday, July 23, 2.20pm-2.40pm
• Westfield Tuggerah – Coles side, 50 Wyong Rd, Tuggerah: Friday, July 23, 12.20pm-1pm
• Dan Murphy Westfield Tuggerah: Friday, July 23, 12.20pm-12.30pm
• Smokemart Westfield Tuggerah: Friday, July 23, 12.25pm-12.30pm
• Coles Tuggerah, Westfield Tuggerah: Friday, July 23, 12.30pm-1pm
• Coles Liquor San Remo: Friday, July 23, 2.50pm-3.05pm, Saturday, July 24, 1pm -1.15pm
• Lake Haven Shopping Centre: Saturday, July 24, 10.15am -10.50am
• Coles Lake Haven, Lake Haven Shopping Centre, Lake Haven: Saturday, July 24, 10.15am-10.25am
• Priceline Pharmacy Lake Haven, Lake Have Shopping Centre, Lake Haven: Saturday, July 24, 10.20am -10.40am
• Lake Haven Post Office, 121/43 Lake Haven Drive, Lake Haven: Saturday, July 24, 10.35am -10.50am
• Bunnings Warehouse Charmhaven, Cnr Chelmsford Rd and Pacific Hwy, Charmhaven NSW: Saturday, July 24, 12.25pm-12.45pm, Saturday July 24, 1.25pm-1.45pm
• HipPocket Workwear, 5/6 Botham Close, Charmhaven NSW: Saturday, July 24, 12.45pm-12.55pm
• Charmhaven Newsagency, Northlakes Shopping Centre, 15/17 Pacific Highway, San Remo NSW: Sunday, July 25, 9.40am-9.50am
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