NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said she was concerned authorities had not yet identified the link between an infected man and a returned traveller who tested positive for Covid.
âI was blown awayâ: eastern suburbs residents turn up for COVID-19 testing
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Eastern suburbs residents braved blustery conditions to be tested for COVID-19 on Thursday after more venues were added to the list of potential exposure sites.
St Vincentâs Hospital staff conduct COVID-19 tests at their clinic in Darlinghurst on Thursday.
Credit:Photo: Kate Geraghty
On Thursday, people who attended the Fratelli Fresh restaurant at Westfield Sydney on Tuesday, April 27, from 1.15pm to 2.15pm or Bondi Trattoria at Bondi Beach on Thursday, April 29, from 12.45pm to 1.30pm were asked to test and self-isolate.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian came under fire for going so hard, so fast with the restrictions - but she hit back and said the government s response was extremely proportionate .
Sydneysiders are bracing themselves for a potential lockdown after a man and his wife tested positive for Covid-19 after visiting several venues in the eastern suburbs
Health experts have three days to work out how Covid spread from a traveller
Testing has linked the cases to a returned US traveller - but there is a missing link
The positive case is a man in his 50s, but he had no contact with quarantine
Restrictions are set to be lifted on Monday at 12.01am - but link must be found
He visited 14 suburbs in Sydney while infected with Covid-19 last weekend
Masks are mandatory, dancing banned and only 20 people are allowed in a home