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The exposure list in this post extracts data from the department s list, and is up to date as 9.30pm.
Advertisement High compliance as mask use mandated across Sydney, readers say
Today was the first day mask use was mandated in certain indoor settings throughout Greater Sydney, Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains.
Residents who don t comply with the rules risk a $200 on-the-spot fine from police.
Masks are handed out at Circular Quay in Sydney.
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Masks were being handed out to people at some shopping centres and public transport hubs. Some of our readers have written in to say compliance appeared to be pretty widespread among residents in their area.
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant has urged people who attended the BWS at Berala between Tuesday December 22 and Thursday December 31 during specified times to be tested due to fears of potential COVID-19 transmission.
“Anyone who has been there between Tuesday December 22 and Thursday December 31 inclusive
is urged to check the New South Wales Health government website for details of the times that we're concerned about in particular,” she said.
“But really people who attended at any of the exposure dates and times should get tested immediately and self-isolate until they receive a negative result".
The list of other potential exposure sites can be found on the NSW Health website.
Greater Sydney residents will have to wear masks inside or face a $200 fine as the state recorded another seven new locally-acquired coronavirus cases on Saturday.
Five of the new cases are linked to the Berala cluster in western Sydney, one is a household contact of a previously reported case - a patient transport worker - and there is one remaining case under investigation.
There were almost 32,000 coronavirus tests conducted in the 24-hour period to 8pm on Friday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced masks for individuals over the age of 12 will be compulsory in certain indoor settings from midnight on Saturday.
This includes shopping centres, entertainment venues like the cinema, hair and beauty salons, on public transport, in places of worship, and gaming areas of establishments. Hospitality workers will also be required to wear masks.
Additional restrictions will also be put in place for other venues. Gym classes will be restricted to 30 people and places of worship, weddings and funerals to 100 attendees, all subject to the four square metre rule.
Outdoor performances and protests have been capped at 500 attendees and outdoor seated events at 2000 as part of the changes, the Premier said.
The new rules apply to Greater Sydney, including Wollongong, the Central Coast and Blue Mountains.
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NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant has provided a breakdown of the seven new local cases recorded in the state on Saturday.
Five of the cases are linked to the Berala cluster identified yesterday. There are now six cases linked to the initial infection in a man in his 40s: his five household contacts and a co-worker.
Australians are expected to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from mid to late February, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. Mr Morrison said high-priority groups, including healthcare and quarantine workers among others, would receive the treatment first. He hoped the initial phase would start with about 80,000 inoculations a week. However, Mr Morrison said this timeline with depend on a number of factors including final approval from the Therapeutic Good Administation, and delivery of the vaccine from the supplier. He said the Pfizer vaccine would only be delivered and released once TGA approval was given, which he anticipated would occur by the end of January.