URGENT WARNING: List of NSW Covid exposure sites explodes

NSW’s number of exposure sites has exploded, with a popular Sydney food wholesaler among the latest infection hot spots to be added to the growing list.

A workplace in Sydney’s inner west is the latest concern for NSW health authorities as locations across the state exposed to coronavirus continue to increase.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian issued a warning on Saturday morning for Great Ocean Foods at 5/11 Cadogan St, Marrickville, as the state posted 12 new infections.

Anyone who worked in, attended or was a customer at the food wholesaler from Monday, June 21, to Friday, June 25 – and their household contacts – have been deemed close contacts and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result.

That warning extends to anyone who directly received a delivery from Great Ocean Foods in the same time period, as well as their household contacts.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian issues a Covid-19 warning for Great Ocean Foods. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

Furthermore, anyone who attended the following venues was a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result.

• Sydney; Cheers Bar & Grill; 561 George Street on Sunday June 20 between 1.45am and 3.30am
• Bankstown; Rebel, Bankstown Shopping Centre; North Terrace; on Thursday June 24 between 3.45pm and 4.30pm

Anyone who attended any of the following venues was deemed a casual contact and must immediately get tested and self-isolate until a negative result was received.

• Sydney; Paloma Espresso cafe; Shop 1 Ground floor 10 Shelley Street on Monday June 21 between 1:50pm to 2:10pm
• Casula; Oporto; Casula Central Shopping Complex; 16/633 Hume Hwy on Tuesday June 22 between 12.50pm and 12.55pm
• Casula; Pasta Italia Cucina; Casula Central Shopping Complex; 12A/633 – 639 Hume Hwy on Tuesday June 22 between 1pm and 1.10pm

Earlier on Saturday NSW Health was informed of additional venues, including cafes in Bondi Beach and Manly, that were visited by the positive Covid-19 cases.

A quiet street scene in Bondi Junction as NSW takes precautions over the Covid outbreak. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Jeremy Piper

Anyone who attended the following venues at the time listed is a close contact and must immediately 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:

• Bondi Junction: Fresh Nails, Westfield Bondi Junction, Tuesday 15 June 2.30pm-5pm; Thursday 17 June, all day
• Manly: Hugo’s Manly, Saturday 19 June; 5.30pm-8.15pm
• Shelley Beach: The Boathouse, Shelly Beach, 1 Marine Pde, Manly; Sunday 20 June, 8.35am-11.40am
• Bondi: Lyfe cafe Bondi; Tuesday 22 June, all day; Wednesday 23 June, all day
• Maroubra: Chemist Warehouse Maroubra; Thursday 24 June, 9am-9.30am
• Lakemba: Haldon Street Medical Centre (in the waiting room); Thursday 24 June, 10.15am-10.30am
• Bankstown: PappaRich Restaurant, Little Saigon Plaza; Thursday 24 June, 1.30pm-4pm

Anyone who attended the following cinema for the screening of Fast and Furious 9 must immediately call NSW Health on 1800 943 553, get tested and self-isolate until they receive further advice from NSW Health:

• Auburn: Reading Cinema – screening of ‘Fast And Furious 9’; Sunday 20 June, 6.30pm screening

Street scene of the Cafe de la Fontaine, 1A Darlinghurst Road, Potts Point has been classified as an exposure site. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Anyone who attended any of the following venues at the listed times is a casual contact and must immediately get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received. Please continue to monitor for symptoms and immediately isolate and get tested if they develop:

• Bondi Beach, Chemist Warehouse: Monday 21 June, 9am-10am
• Woolworths Top Ryde City Shopping Centre; Tuesday 22 June, 5pm-5.15pm
• Coles Top Ryde City Shopping Centre; Tuesday 22 June, 5.10pm-5.25pm
• North Ryde: Macquarie Shopping Centre food court; Wednesday 23 June, 2pm – 2.30pm
• Zetland: Oliver Brown, Ground Floor, East Village Shopping Centre; Wednesday 23 June, 5.15pm-5.30pm
• Zetland, Coles: Wednesday 23 June, 5.15pm-5.30pm
• Randwick Woolworths: Thursday 24 June, 10.30am-10.45am
• Rebel, Bankstown Shopping Centre; Thursday 24 June, 3.45pm-4.30pm

Anyone who travelled on the following train routes at the times listed is a casual contact and must immediately get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received. Please continue to monitor for symptoms and immediately get tested and isolate if they develop:

• T8 Airport & South Line train from Mascot to Central; Saturday 19 June, Departed 5.26pm-arrived 5.33pm
• T2 Inner West and Leppington Line train from Central to Glenfield; Saturday 19 June, Departed 5.37pm-arrived 6.38pm

Earlier, a busy Chinese restaurant in Sydney’s Barangaroo was revealed as a close connection to a known infection after the city’s Covid-19 outbreak escalated on Friday.

Anyone who visited the Lotus Barangaroo restaurant and sat either inside or outside on Sunday, June 20 between 12.30pm and 3pm is considered a close contact of a known case and must get tested and isolate immediately for 14 days regardless of the result.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

A dozen extra venues were also added on Friday afternoon with those who visited considered casual contacts, including a BWS in Cecil Hills, Woolworths in Randwick and David Jones in Burwood. Nearly a dozen train journeys were also added as casual contacts.

The full list and times are detailed below.

The update comes after a popular Bondi Cafe was linked to three positive cases out of the 22 announced on Friday.

The Lyfe Cafe in Bondi was added to the exposure sites list late on Thursday night, with chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant explaining the cafe was linked to a case at the Joh Bailey hair salon.

“Investigations have found a person who was infectious on June 15 and 16 was the source of the infection for the Joh Bailey hairdressing in Double Bay, the Fresh Nails salon in Westfield Bondi Junction, and the Lyfe Cafe in Bondi,” she said.

“A close contact of this person then introduced the infection to the Tropicana Cafe.

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The Joh Bailey Hairdressing Salon at Double Bay was deep cleaned on Thursday afternoon after being reported as a high exposure site.

“I expect more cases to be detected over the coming days, and I’m urging all clients and staff between June 15 and 23 to be tested and quarantine.

“We’re concerned (that) the over 900 clients that attended, or potentially are contacts, may acquire the infection.

“We have reached out to those individuals and … when we see the cases over coming days, they’re all in isolation.”

NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant said she expected more exposure sites to be listed on Friday. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Jeremy Piper

Dr Chant said she was also concerned that a case identified on Thursday attended two gyms while infectious – Fitness First Platinum in Bondi Junction on June 21 and Fitness First Spring St on June 22.

“People who attended (those gyms) should check the affected times, get tested and quarantine as directed,” Dr Chant said.

A full list of contact sites can be found here.