Published December 18, 2020
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Alright NSW, we’ve got a lot to work towards all of a sudden, and we’ve gotta do it together. We now have border restrictions being laid out and 28 brand new coronavirus cases as of Friday, so let’s not lose our collective shit and spike out of nowhere. To help understand just what is going on, let’s breakdown where exactly this new batch of cases came from. Of course, we don’t know everything just yet, but here’s every bit of info we know so far.
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A spokesperson for the NSW Department of Education confirmed a corporate employee had tested positive for COVID-19. All staff in the Redfern office were directed to immediately self-isolate and work from home while contact tracing was under way.
Dr Chant said the virus had most likely been introduced to the area very recently, as local sewage testing had not shown traces of the virus.
Genome sequencing is under way to confirm the cases are linked, and NSW Health was investigating whether any of the cases had contact with people recently returned from overseas, including air crew who may live or stay in the area.
Queensland, Victoria and the Northern Territory said returning residents or visitors who had been to the northern beaches since December 11 needed to be tested and enter either hotel quarantine or self quarantine for 14 days. Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan extended the quarantine requirements to all arrivals from NSW. On Thursday night, NSW Health increased the number of possible community transmission sites on the northern beaches to 30. Anyone who visited the locations – including an Aldi supermarket, Commonwealth Bank branch and a Chemist Warehouse outlet – must get tested immediately and self-isolate. “As a number of new cases are currently being interviewed, it is likely that a number of new venues will be identified and that people in the northern beaches may have attended these venues,” NSW Health said in a statement asking people to avoid unnecessary gatherings to assist the contact-tracing effort.