Public health alert delays of up to four days in Sydney COVID hotspots
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NSW Health alerts about COVID-19 exposure sites have lagged by up to four days behind shopping centre warnings to staff and customers.
Public health experts have raised concerns about the delays, saying they have potentially contributed to the spread of the virus across Sydney.
Health authorities have concluded multiple people had caught the virus in the Campsie Centre shopping mall.
Credit:Janie Barrett
In Lane Cove, it took four days for NSW Health to notify the public that a case had visited Coles and Aldi while infectious. Coles reported on its website on July 29 that it had been informed by NSW Health that an infectious customer visited its Lane Cove supermarket on July 24.
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