St Vincent Hospital nurse added to growing list of NSW COVID-19 cases - Sydney Morning Herald

A nurse has tested positive for COVID-19 after working a shift at St Vincent's hospital in Darlinghurst on Wednesday.

NSW Health issued the alert on Friday night, adding to the growing list of venues and public transport routes visited y infectious cases in the past several days, including Parramatta, Eastwood and Palm Beach.

The casual nurse worked a single shift while infectious on Wednesday, October 7, NSW Health said.

She was providing care to only one patient and had limited contact with a very small number of colleagues, the ministry said.

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Contact tracing is under way and the source of the infection is under investigation, though tracers believe the woman contracted the virus from someone outside the hospital.

The nurse will be included in today's daily COVID case numbers for NSW.

NSW Health also advised anyone who attended the following venues are considered casual contacts and must monitor for symptoms and get tested immediately if they develop.

• Westfield Parramatta, October 6 12 noon to 12.15pm
• Westfield Parramatta October 7, 12 non to 12,30pm and 4.30pm to 5pm.

On Friday NSW Health reported five new locally-acquired cases all linked to known sources.

Anyone who had been to Palm Beach Fish & Chips on October 5 between 3.45 and 4pm, S-Mart Eastwood on October 5 between 7.30pm and 7.45pm, and Aldi Eastwood on October 6 between 11am and 12pm was considered a casual contact.

Casual contacts should monitor for symptoms, and get tested if even the mildest symptoms occur, a NSW Health spokesman said.

A positive case also visited Monopole restaurant in Potts Point between 6pm and 8pm on Sunday, October 4.

While NSW Health was contacting staff and patrons who were considered close contacts, a health spokesman said anyone who was at the venue at that time should monitor for symptoms.

Anyone who caught the following trains or buses should monitor for symptoms:

• Train from Parramatta at 14:41 arriving Town Hall 15:31 on October 4
• Train from Town Hall at 17:29 arriving Kings Cross 17:50 on October 4
• Train from Artarmon at 23:18 arriving Central 23:48 on October 4
• Bus replacement from Central at 23:48 arriving Strathfield 00:15 on October 5
• Train from Strathfield at 00:15 arriving Parramatta 00:45 on October 5
• Bus 550 from Epping Station, Beecroft Rd, Stand D at 17:08 to Smith St after Phillip St, Parramatta 17:41 on October 6
• Train from Moss Vale 04:52 arriving Liverpool 07:09 on October 6
• Train from Liverpool 16:58 arriving Moss Vale 19:12 on October 6
• Train from Moss Vale 04:51 arriving Liverpool 07:08 on October 7
• Train from Campbelltown 13:31 arriving Moss Vale 15:50 on October 7

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