Three of the new cases included in Thursday's numbers, had been reported on Wednesday. Five of the new cases have been linked to a known cluster, and the remaining three were linkedNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said it would be inconsistent to reopen to regional Victoria.Ms Berejiklian said the government was considering making the government's QR code scan in for venues compulsory, after a positive case visited a restaurant that had not collected the details of all walk-in diners.
On Wednesday evening, NSW Health called on people who went to Ripples restaurant in Milson’s Point on Saturday October 3 from 8pm to 10.30pm to self isolate for 14 days and get tested. A COVID-19 case attended that restaurant, but the details of several walk-in diners were not recorded. So far, contact tracers have linked the cluster of five cases to the Liverpool Hospital dialysis outbreak.The smaller cluster, included two private healthcare workers and a household contact of one of those workers.
"Following guidance from the authorities, contact tracing measures are now underway and anyone who may have come into contact with the student will be informed to self-isolate and get tested," she said.
rachelclun It will spread and it should. You all thinking of knowing better are suffering of illusion of control.
rachelclun Two more sleeps until the 7 hour Qantas flight! Joyce must be getting anxious. Especially after the recent confirmation of in flight infections on board a 5 hour Qantas flight from Sydney to Perth already. Cases of COVID19Aus growing in Sydney. Virus airborne at scenic altitude
rachelclun ‘NSW records more cases than Victoria’ Fixed your headline.
rachelclun It really did end up being a big storm in a teacup didn’t it.
rachelclun Gladys playing catch-up... again. Nsw gold standard 💩
susieclapton rachelclun Where are the headlines calling this a ‘surge’ in numbers? Where in the Murdoch media are they blaming Gladys B? Where are the media calling for Berejiklian to resign? Where is the badgering from the media? Ah, of course it’s NSW & she’s not Dan Andrews.
rachelclun lockdown