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All NSW residents are being asked to get tested for even the mildest COVID-19 symptoms, with NSW Health issuing the urgent appeal after a cluster of coronavirus cases in Sydney s Northern Beaches area ballooned to 28 confirmed infections.
Northern Beaches residents are also being asked to wear a mask from Friday until Monday.
Health authorities said genomic testing had confirmed the virus entered Australia from overseas, but health authorities had so far been unable to determine how it spread to the community.
The spike in cases prompted federal Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly to declare the Northern Beaches Local Government Area a hotspot on Friday, on the basis that more infections are expected, Health Minister Greg Hunt said.
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