Cafe exposed for 10 days among new virus sites in NSW

NSW Health says anyone who attended a Sydney cafe during a 10-day period could have been exposed to Covid-19.

A cafe in Sydney’s southwest has been identified as a key venue of concern after staff and customers were potentially exposed to Covid-19 for 10 straight days.

It is among a string of cafes, shopping centres, medical centres and bus routes added to the expanding list of sites visited by people carrying the virus in the city.

Most of the new venues of concern are located in the southwest, which has become the epicentre of the virus’ spread through the community, but also stretch into the west, inner west and lower Blue Mountains.

Belmore’s The Raw Coffee Bar has been deemed a close contact site after a staff member worked there for 10 days straight between July 7 to 16.

Belmore Medical Centre, located on the same street, has also been identified as a key area of concern.

Ikea at Marsden Park has been listed as a new casual contact site.

There are also 10 bus routes considered to be close contact services centred around southwestern suburbs Smithfield, Wetherill Heights, Fairfield and Lakemba and inner west suburb Sydenham.

New casual contact sites include IGAs at Dulwich Hill, Kingsford and Wakeley, Kmart stores at Broadway and Roselands, a Coles at Fairfield and service stations in Cabramatta, Fairfield and Belmore.

It comes as NSW recorded 111 new local cases overnight and one death, with the state government imposing even harsher lockdown measures in a bid to quash the virus.

Earlier on Saturday health authorities identified a truck stop at an Ampol service station, near Murwillumbah on the state’s far north coast, as a potential exposure site.

It includes the truck drivers’ toilets, showers and lounge, as well as the food court.

An Ampol service station is among the new exposure sites. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Brenton Edwards

Anyone who attended the following venues is considered a close contact who 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:

Belmore

• Raw Coffee Bar, 426 Burwood Rd on every day between Wednesday, July 7 to Friday, July 16, from 5am to 3pm
• Belmore Medical Centre, 479 Burwood Rd, July 8 from 2.50pm to 3.10pm

Dulwich Hill

• The Fold Cafe, 402 New Canterbury Rd on July 8 from 10.45am to 11am;
• The Larder Wine and Cheese Bar, 489 Marrickville Rd on July 8 from 1.30pm to 1.45pm;
• Juiceria, 497 Marrickville Rd on July 8 from 1.35pm to 1.50pm; and
• Excellent Price Variety Store, Ground floor, 503-507 Marrickville Rd on July 8 from 1.50pm to 2.10pm.

Lakemba

• Al Sultan Butchery, 130 Haldon St on July 9 from 8am to 10pm;
• Al Sultan Butchery, 130 Haldon St on July 10 from 8am to 10pm;
• Al Sultan Butchery, 130 Haldon St on July 11 from 8am to 10pm;
  
• Al Sultan Butchery, 130 Haldon St on July 12 from 8am to 10pm;
• Al Sultan Butchery, 130 Haldon St on July 13 from 8am to 10pm;
• Al Sultan Butchery, 130 Haldon St on July 14 from 8am to 2pm;
  
• La Bella Patisserie, 42 The Boulevarde on July 9 from 5pm to 5.15pm; and
• Al Fayhaa Bakery, 137A Haldon St on July 11 from 12.50pm to 1.05pm.

Chester Hill

• Aya Family Healthcare Afterhours, Shop 21, Chester Square, 1 Leicester St on July 14 from 8.30pm to 9.20pm.

Chinderah

• Truck stop at the Ampol service station northbound, 112 Tweed Valley Way on July 13-14 from 8.30pm to 7.30am.

Mt Druitt

• Mt Druitt Medical and Dental Centre, 22 Jirrang Close on July 14 from 11.35am to 1.15pm.

Anyone who caught the following public transport services is also considered a close contact:

• Smithfield to Prairiewood 800-308 Bus, from The Boulevarde at Polding St to Prairiewood T-Way, July 7, departed 12.40pm – arrived 12.50pm
• Prairiewood to Wetherill Park 806-327 Bus, from Prairiewood T-Way to Victoria St opposite Wetherill Park Reserve, July 7, departed 1.12pm – arrived 1.21pm
• Wetherill Park to Wetherill Park 813-449 Bus, from The Horsley Dr at Emerson Street to Horsley T-Way, July 7, departed 2.19pm – arrived 2.23pm
• Prairiewood to Fairfield Heights 817-411 Bus, from Prairiewood T-Way to The Boulevarde before Kihilla St, July 7, departed 2.32pm – arrived 2.44pm
• Fairfield to Fairfield Heights 800-308 Bus, from Fairfield Forum Shopping Centre, Cunninghame Street, to The Boulevarde at Kihilla Street, July 8, departed 4.19pm – arrived 4.23pm
• Fairfield Heights to Fairfield 817-411 Bus, from The Boulevarde before Kihilla St to Smart Street before Spencer St, July 8, departed 2.48pm – arrived 2.54pm
• Fairfield Heights to Fairfield 800-310 Bus, from The Boulevarde before Kihilla St to Cunninghame St opposite Fairfield Forum Shopping Centre, July 9, departed 3.34pm – arrived 3.39pm
• Fairfield to Fairfield Heights 800-308 Bus, from Smart St before Nelson St to The Boulevarde at Kihilla St, July 9, departed 4.33pm – arrived 4.39pm
• Sydenham to Lakemba 33T3-11 Bus (train replacement), from Sydenham Station to Lakemba Station, July 10, departed 2.45pm – arrived 3.13pm
• Lakemba to Sydenham 33T3-11 Bus (train replacement), from Lakemba Station to Sydenham Station, July 10, departed 3.33pm – arrived 4.02pm

Several new casual contact sites have also been identified.

If you attended the following venues at the times listed is a casual contact who must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received. If your date of exposure at this venue occurred in the past four days, you must get another test on day 5 from the date of exposure:

Fairfield

• Fruitmania at Fairfield Forum, 8-36 Station St, July 9, 12.20pm to 12.35pm
• Aldi Fairfield Forum, 8/36 Station St, July 10, 2.15pm to 3.15pm
• Coles, Fairfield Forum, 8/36 Station St, July 11, 6.55pm to 7.25pm

Wetherill Park

• Greenway Supacenta, The Horsley Drive, July 12, 5.25pm to 5.40pm
• Officeworks Greenway Supacenta, The Horsley Drive, July 12, 5.35pm to 5.40pm
• Chemistworks, Stockland Wetherill Park Shopping Centre, 561 Polding Street, July 14, 8pm to 8.15pm

Green Valley

• Woolworths, 87 Wilson Rd, July 15, 12pm to 1pm

Kareela

• Kareela Grocer, Shop T8 Kareela Village, Freya St, July 15, 2.45pm to 6.45pm

Rooty Hill

• PharmaSave, Shop 1/3, 52 Rooty Hill Rd, July 14, 1.20pm to 1.25pm
• Rooty Hill Supermarket Butchery, 29 Rooty Hill Rd, July 14, 1pm to 1.15pm

Marsden Park

• Ikea, 1 Hollinsworth Road, July 12, 8am to 4pm

Colyton

Shell Urbanista Café and Convenience, 88-90 Great Western Highway, July 13, 6am to 6.20am

Ashbury

• 3 Tomatoes Café, 121 Holden Street
Monday 12 July, 6.50am to 7.05am

Monday 12 July, 7.15am to 7.30am

Wednesday 14 July, 7.20am to 7.35am

Merrylands

• Woolworths Stocklands, McFarlane Street
Monday 12 July, 7pm to 7.15pm

Wednesday 14 July, 12pm to 12.15pm

Clemton Park

• Priceline Pharmacy, 13/60 Charlotte St, July 12, 11.45am to 12.10pm

Glenfield

• Glenfield Station Fastfood & Delicatessen, 72 Railway Parade, July 14, 8.10am to 8.25am

Faulconbridge

• Coles Express, 575-581 Great Western Highway, July 14, 12.55pm to 1.05pm

Greenfield Park

• BP, Lot 1, Cnr Greenfield Park Road and Mimosa Rd, July 13, 5.10pm to 5.40pm

Wakeley

• IGA, Cnr Lomond Street and Bulls Road, July 13, 6pm to 7.15pm

Prairiewood

• 7-Eleven, 485-487 Smithfield Road, July 12, 8.50am to 9.25am

Kingsford

• IGA, 361 Anzac Parade, July 15, 11am to 11.30am

Canley Heights

• Tobacconist & Gifts, Shop 1A, 238 Canley Heights Rd, July 11, 9am to 9.15am

Belmore

• Metro Petroleum, 442A Punchbowl Road, July 11, 10am to 11am

Glebe

• Kmart Broadway, 1 Bay Street
Thursday 8 July, 3.40pm – 4.25pm

Thursday 8 July, 6.45pm – 7pm

Hoxton Park

• Aldi, 510 Cowpasture Rd, July 9, 12.20pm to 12.45pm

Roselands

• Kmart, Roselands Shopping Centre, 24 Roselands Drive, July 11, 5.30pm to 5.45pm

Cabramatta

• Speedway Petrol Station, 267 John Street, July 10, 4.30pm - 4.35pm

Dulwich Hill

• IGA, 398-400 New Canterbury Rd
Friday 9 July, 8.55am – 9.05am

Wednesday 14 July, 5.10pm – 5.25pm

And the following train routes are also considered casual contact sites:

• T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Line, from Rockdale to Bondi Junction, July 13, departed 7.19am arrived 7.52am
• T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Line, from Bondi Junction to Rockdale, July 13, departed 5.08pm arrived 5.40pm

More information, including the full list of exposure sites, can be found here.