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Coronavirus in Australia: All the Sydney venues at risk

People infected with coronavirus have visited countless Sydney venues. Here are the places where you might have been at risk.

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NSW Health has detailed more Sydney venues at risk after people with coronavirus visited them.

The people were unknowingly infected with COVID-19 and now others who were at the venues at the same times are being urged to watch for symptoms.

The venues include:

• Picton Hotel gaming room on July 4, 5, 9 and 10

• Planet Fitness at Casula from July 6-10

Star Casino on July 4, between 7.30pm and 10.30pm

• Canterbury League Club on July 4, between 11pm and 2am

• Cook @ Kurnell on July 5 between 11.30am and 12.30pm

• Highfield, Caringbah on July 5, 6-9pm

• Merimbula RSL on July 6, 6-9pm

• Waterfront Cafe at Merimbula on July 7 at breakfast

• Murray Downs Golf Club on July 4 and 5

• Narellan Town Centre shopping centre on July 6 including Kmart, Target, Best & Less, H&M, and the food court area

• Zone Bowling at Villawood on June 27 between 11am-3pm

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People who went to Highfield at Caringbah on July 5 are being urged to watch for coronavirus symptoms.
People who went to Highfield at Caringbah on July 5 are being urged to watch for coronavirus symptoms.

NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said they were urging anyone who attended these venues to watch for any COVID-19 symptoms.

“If they occur, isolate and get tested right away,” she said.

Dr Chant said there were now 10 cases linked to people who visited the Crossroads Hotel in Casula, and another 11 cases linked to those.

She said the Picton Hotel was being closed for cleaning but anyone who was at the venue, especially those in the gaming room, were urged to isolate for 14 days since they were last there and to attend a clinic testing even if they don’t have any symptoms.

“A negative test does not provide that clearance, we need you to be absent from that facility for 14 days since your last exposure,” she said.

Some of the venues were visited by two people from Victoria who did not know they were infected.

NSW Health said while investigations were under way, they were urging anyone who attended

If people have even mild symptoms, a cold, cough, runny nose or scratchy throat they are urged get tested and stay home until they’re cleared.

“Keep your distance from others at all times even if you are well. If you have been in Victoria, don’t mix with other people until two weeks has passed,” NSW Health said in a statement earlier today.

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People who work in high-risk settings, such as healthcare facilities or aged care homes, must not attend work if they have symptoms and must get tested immediately.

“People should also not visit relatives in these settings if they have even the mildest of symptoms or have recently returned from Victoria,” NSW Health said.

“Do not go to work or catch public transport until you are cleared of COVID-19.

“It is essential people follow directions they receive about home isolation and quarantine and maintain COVID-safe practices of physical distancing of 1.5 metres, cough or sneeze into their elbow, and regularly wash their hands.”

There are 85 COVID-19 cases being treated by NSW Health, with one in intensive care. That person does not require a ventilator.

In NSW, 2799 people are known to have recovered from COVID-19.

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