Coronavirus NSW: Auburn Centre for Community shuts temporarily
A community centre in western Sydney has shut as a precaution after a positive COVID-19 case was recorded there.
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The Auburn Centre for Community has closed for the next 48 hours after a visitor who attended on Saturday, August 29, tested positive to coronavirus.
Cumberland Council general manager Hamish McNulty said the visitor attended the centre between 5pm and 7pm.
Western Sydney Health has advised the council, which runs the centre, that the visitor was not considered to be a “close contact” for other visitors and staff at the Macquarie Rd site.
Despite NSW Health advising the council that the centre was not required to close, it has elected to close as a precautionary measure and will reopen on Friday, September 4.
According to NSW Health, a close contact is “someone who has been near enough
to a person with COVID-19 while they were infectious that there is a reasonable
chance they will have become infected with COVID-19.”
Mr McNulty said the council carried out intensive professional cleaning of the centre to ensure its safety.
All visitors who attended the centre since Saturday have been advised that they
should monitor themselves for symptoms and get tested.
“We appreciate the patience and support of residents during this difficult time and we
will do everything we can to ensure their safety, working in partnership with health
professionals,’’ Mr McNulty said.
Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, and one previous case was excluded following further investigation.
This brings the total number of cases in NSW to 3890.
NSW Health is treating 75 COVID-19 cases, including five in intensive care and three who are ventilated.
Eighty-seven per cent of cases being treated by NSW Health are in non-acute, out-of-hospital care.
Anyone who attended the following venues or public transport is considered a casual contact of a case and must monitor for symptoms and get tested immediately if they develop.
After testing, you must remain in isolation until a negative test result is received:
● Metro Fuel Greystanes on August 27, 3.15-3.35pm
● Big Bun, 260 Pitt Street Merrylands, August 27, 3.30-4pm
● Stockland Merrylands on August 29 between 9-11am
● Bus 810 departed St Paul’s Catholic College Greystanes 3.04pm, arrived 3.28pm Macquarie Rd opposite Boothtown Reserve Greystanes on August 28
● Four in Hand Pub, 105 Sutherland Street Paddington – guests who dined upstairs only or for less than two hours on 26 August from 6:30-10pm.
● Carslaw Building, University of Sydney Camperdown toilets, 28 August 8-8.20pm
