NSW Health issued its first ever transmission venues of concern list on Sunday
Sites include a Bondi cafe, a hair salon, a Westfield, seafood wholesaler, and pub
Anyone who visited four of the venues at the listed times are close contacts
They must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days regardless of result
Westfield attendees must get tested - only isolate if visited a listed exposure site
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The Bondi COVID-19 cluster has overtaken the Crossroads Hotel outbreak that came before it, as Greater Sydney prepares to join the eastern suburbs and go into a two-week lockdown from 6pm on Saturday.
Herald journalist, there are 82 COVID cases associated with the Bondi cluster on day 10 (Friday), compared with Crossroads Hotel’s 65.
Avalon’s outbreak – including subsequent outbreaks, such as the Croydon and BWS Berala clusters – had 126 at the same point in time of its outbreak.
Outbreaks compared - now and then
However, the good news is that unlinked cases are much lower than Crossroads at this stage. The bad news is that Sydney is now dealing with the Delta variant of COVID-19, which is more transmissible.
Sydney s growing Covid outbreak has led analysts to say lockdown is imminent
Cars swamped testing centres in the city on Wednesday and Thursday
New South Wales confirmed 16 cases on Wednesday, with four mystery cases
Experts believe the number of positive cases will explode in the coming days
Queensland, Victoria, WA and SA have slammed their borders shut to Sydney
Cafes and supermarkets across the city have also been identified as risk venues
Gladys Berejiklian resisted calls to lock down, instead bringing in restrictions
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard rubbished claims the city will be shut down
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