NSW Health has issued a warning to patrons of the Thai Rock restaurant at Potts Point which has the same owners as its namesake eatery in Wetherill Park linked to 67 coronavirus cases.
The sister restaurants, which lie about 40km apart, have now both recorded infections, with a staff member at the Potts Point venue now testing positive and the premises closed for cleaning.
But surprisingly, contact tracers have not yet identified a link between cases at the two sites.
NSW Health is directing everyone who attended the Potts Point Thai Rock within a 10-day period up to last Saturday to immediately be tested for COVID-19 and self-isolate for 14 days from the date they were there.
The direction is for anyone who was there for two hours or more between Wednesday, July 15 and Saturday, July 25 to isolate, regardless of whether they have any symptoms.
This new advice follows an investigation into a case announced last week of a person who had reported attending Thai Rock Potts Point on Friday, 17 July.
The owners of Thai Rock Potts Point also own Thai Rock in Wetherill Park, a cluster that now has 67 cases of coronavirus linked to it.
Contact tracing is under way and NSW Health said investigations to date have not identified links between cases at the two sites.
In addition, two western Sydney Vietnamese restaurants, in Bankstown and Cabramatta, have been named as possible infection spots after a couple with COVID-19 visited both.
Anyone who falls under the isolation direction from NSW Health must isolate for 14 days, where they test negative or not.
If you do develop COVID-19 symptoms, you should be retested, even if you have had a negative result previously.
NSW Health is also asking other Sydneysiders to be on alert for symptoms.
A couple who were reported with coronavirus yesterday attended two restaurants while infectious – An Restaurant in Bankstown on July 23 from 9-11am and Tan Viet Noodle House (AKA Crispy Chicken Noodle House) in Cabramatta on July 22 from 1-2pm.
Anyone who attended either of these restaurants at these times should monitor for symptoms and immediately isolate and seek testing if they appear.
A child who attends Georges River Grammar School in Georges Hall also tested positive for coronavirus today.
The school is closed while contact tracing and cleaning are under way.
The child is linked with a funeral and related church services in southwestern Sydney between July 16 and 19.
The events were:
A service at St Brendan’s Catholic Church, Bankstown for one hour from 6.30pm on July 16.
A service at Ausia Funeral Services, Fairfield East between 1pm and 8pm on July 17.
A funeral service at St Brendan’s Catholic Church, Bankstown for one hour from 10am on July 18.
A burial service at St John of God Lawn, at Rookwood cemetery between 11.30am and 1pm on July 18.
A service at Our Lady of Mt Carmel, Mt Pritchard for one hour from 7.30am on July 19.
NSW Health has advised that “everyone who attended these events is now considered a close contact and must isolate, get tested for COVID-19 regardless of any symptoms”.
NSW Health also said that these close contacts must “continue to self-isolate for 14 days even if the test is negative. If symptoms develop get tested again”.
“Close contacts will be notified to undertake 14-day self-isolation after their last contact with the case and undertake testing for COVID if they develop symptoms”.
Close contacts can attend a clinic on the full list of COVID-19 testing clinics available, or visit their GP.
Australia has recorded 14,403 cases in total, including 475 over the past 24 hours.
NSW recorded 14 new cases in the 24 hours up to 8pm last night.
Victoria recorded 459 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new deaths yesterday, marking the state’s deadliest day since the pandemic began.
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