NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed just seven new cases of coronavirus, despite a record number of 7,200 tests being completed yesterday.
Key points:
- Ms Berejiklian said anyone should come forward for testing, regardless of their location
- NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said the Ruby Princess left with a "low risk, not a zero risk"
- Yesterday, police boarded the vessel before its departure and seized mobile phones
The state's total number of confirmed cases is now 2,982.
Ms Berejiklian said anyone who believed they may have symptoms of coronavirus can now come forward for testing.
"NSW is now saying to anyone across the state, if you have symptoms, if you're worried you have COVID-19 or if you've been in contact with someone who may have it, please come forward and get tested," she said.
Previously, testing was applicable to anyone within about a dozen outbreak centres who suspected symptoms, as well as anyone who was deemed high risk after a full history assessment completed by a GP.
Ms Berejiklian said she would like to see testing rates exceed 8,000 a day.
She also said the government has been formulating a plan for when lockdown restrictions are loosened across the state.
"We have used this time during restrictions when we have seen a drop in the number of new cases to prepare the health system, to prepare the community for what would occur if we did raise those restrictions," she said.
Also at this morning's press conference, NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said the Ruby Princess cruise ship had no confirmed cases of coronavirus on board when it departed Australian waters yesterday.
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"It left with a low risk, not a zero risk, and we need to be clear about that," Commissioner Fuller said.
Commissioner Fuller said 567 crew members were "repatriated and or taken in for medical treatment by NSW Health".
When asked if the Ruby Princess's departure would hamper the criminal investigation, Commissioner Fuller said police "acted quickly".
"We don't have a right to hold people without a charge," he said.
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"From the homicidal police perspective, last week [officers] went on the ship and took off 1,000 medical files and got statements of a number of people, and there were other people who observed their right to silence."
He revealed officers boarded the ship again yesterday and seized further evidence following the first day of the inquiry's hearing, including mobile phones.
Ms Berejiklian also announced the NSW Government was contributing an extra $73 million in funding to extend mental health services during the coronavirus pandemic.
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