Health warnings have been issued for an Apple store, a gym and an office building in the Sydney CBD after NSW recorded six new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday — five with no known source.
One case was a returned traveller in hotel quarantine, while the other five were locally acquired.
Chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant told reporters a new alert was in place for anyone who was at 300 George St in the Sydney CBD on August 19, 20, 21 or 24 to be on high alert for symptoms after one of the cases worked there while infectious.
The skyscraper is across the road from busy Wynyard railway station, and central to a number of other office buildings and food courts.
One of Wednesday’s new cases also went to the Apple Store on Broadway while infectious on August 22 from 3.40 to 4.40pm.
Two of the new cases attended City Tattersalls Fitness Centre on Pitt St in the CBD on August 19, 21 and 23.
Anyone who was at these venues at the mentioned times should monitor for any symptoms and get tested and self-isolate immediately if any arise.
Dr Chant said Wednesday’s cases included a man and woman in their 40s from western Sydney, who are considered household contacts of each other.
One of those people is a trainee bus driver who worked while infectious for one day, and was wearing a mask at the time.
Dr Chant said contact tracing of passengers was under way, but “we do think the risk to passengers is very low”.
The other three locally acquired cases were a man in his 60s, a woman in her 40s, both from southeastern Sydney, and a woman in her 30s from Sydney.
Three schools have also been forced to close due to possible cases of coronavirus in students, related to one of the locally acquired cases.
Riverstone High School, Wyndham College and Schofields Public School, all in Sydney’s northwest, will not be open for on-site learning on Wednesday.
The campuses will be cleaned, and students are being tested.
From these schools, a year 12 student is being retested after their first test was inconclusive, another teenager was “clearly positive” and two other children have tested negative but will be retested as a precaution.
These cases are not included in Wednesday’s numbers.
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2020-08-26 02:48:45Z
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