Covid marches back east with an IGA supermarket locked down and HUNDREDS sent into isolation - as 49 sites including nine Woolworths, three Coles and a Bunnings are exposed - after another surge in Sydney infections
- Shoppers at an inner-city IGA have been ordered to self-isolate for two weeks
- Another 49 sites including nine Woolworths were added to list of exposed sites
- Same order for anyone at Campsie Centre in city's south west on July 23 or 24
Shoppers at an inner-city IGA have been ordered to self-isolate for two weeks as another 49 sites were added to New South Wales' spiralling list of Covid-19 exposure sites.
Anyone who was at the Rosebery IGA in Sydney's inner-city between 4pm to 4.55pm on July 23 is deemed to be a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case and must get tested and self-isolate for 14 days regardless of the result.
The supermarket was one of four inner-city locations - including an Aldi in Ultimo and a Jeremy & Sons cafe in Potts Point - on the latest list of exposure sites in a worrying sign the epicentre of Sydney's outbreak could be shifting back to the eastern suburbs from the city's west.
The same isolation order applies to anyone who visited the Campsie Centre shopping centre in Campsie in Sydney's south-west at any point on July 23 or July 24.
NSW Health released the list of venues exposed to the virus on Wednesday afternoon just hours after Premier Gladys Berejiklian extended the state's lockdown for another four weeks to August 28.
A further 177 cases of the virus were recorded overnight, of which 46 were out in the community while infectious.
Pictured is a pedestrian exercising in Bronte in Sydney's east on Wednesday. Another 49 sites including nine Woolworths stores have been added to New South Wales' spiralling list of Covid-19 exposure sites
She also announced she was ring-fencing three more local government areas - Parramatta, Campbelltown and Georges River - from 11.59pm on Wednesday night in an attempt to contain the virus' spread.
There are now two million Sydneysiders living across 94 suburbs in eight government areas who cannot leave their LGA unless they are an authorised essential worker.
Among the other venues where shoppers have been told they are close contacts include the Priceline pharmacy in San Remo on the NSW central coast and the GoVita health store in Engadine in Sydney's south.
Woolworths supermarkets across the city's west, south-west and inner-west have also been listed as casual contact venues.
Anyone who was inside those stores at the same time as a confirmed case must get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received.
The affected stores in the south-west include the Woolworths in Bass Hill on July 21 between 9.05am and 9.15am and the supermarket's branch in Cabramatta on the same day between 12.25pm and 12.45pm.
An infected Covid-19 case was contagious inside the Coles store in Narellan for three days last week
The Rosemeadow Woolworths was also exposed on July 22 between 12.20pm and 12.45pm and 1.25pm and 2.10pm.
Branches of the supermarket giant in Auburn, Lidcombe, Revesby, Mount Annan and Burwood are among the other Woolworths stores exposed to the virus.
The Casula BP petrol station was exposed to the highly-contagious Delta strain twice last week.
An infected case was at the BP on July 22 between 4pm and 8pm and on July 25 between 7.35am and 4.30pm.
Coles stores in Zetland in the inner-south, Wentworth Point in the city's west and Narellan in the far south-west were all exposed to Covid-19 last week.
Shoppers and staff at those branches are also deemed by NSW Health to be casual contacts of a confirmed case.
An infected case was contagious inside the Narellan branch for three days last week - from 5am to 10.10am on July 22 from 5am to 1.20pm on July 24 and from 5am to 10am on July 25.
Western and south-western Sydney remains the epicentre of the city's latest coronavirus outbreak - with health officials finding 90 infections in south-west Sydney and 46 cases in the city's west in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday.
NSW Health also confirmed the death of a woman in her 90s at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney's south-west, pushing the toll to 11 fatalities across the state linked to the latest outbreak.
Five million residents in Greater Sydney - including the Central Coast, the Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour - have spent nearly five weeks under strict home orders in a desperate attempt to slow the rate of transmission in the city.
Anyone who was at the Rosebery IGA in Sydney's inner-city between 4pm to 4.55pm on July 23 is deemed to be a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case and must get tested and self-isolate for 14 days
The state leader said an extended lockdown was the 'obvious' solution despite two previous extension doing nothing to reduce case numbers.
'It was fairly obvious, given the way the numbers were going in the last few days, it would have not been possible for us to get out of lockdown tomorrow or Friday,' she said.
'It would not have been realistic for the NSW government to make a decision [on ending the lockdown] in the next two weeks given where we are today.'
All residents of greater Sydney have also now been told they can now only travel 10km for essential shopping if what they need to buy is available locally.
Construction sites will be allowed to re-open with enhanced Covid-safe protocols from July 31 after a two-week shutdown.
Anyone who visited the Campsie Centre shopping centre in Campsie in Sydney's south-west on July 23 or July 24 has been deemed a close contact of a confirmed case and must get tested and self-isolate for 14 days
From August 16, Year 12 students will return to face-to-face learning and those going into the classroom will use rapid antigen testing to monitor for any coronavirus transmission.
Testing requirements have also been tweaked to minimise movement in the hotspot suburbs where the virus is spreading most rapidly.
All essential workers leaving Canterbury-Bankstown will need to be tested every three days.
ALL THE CHANGES TO GREATER SYDNEY'S LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS
From 11.59pm on Wednesday July 28:
Greater Sydney residents including the Central Coast, the Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour must limit essential shopping trips to within 10km of their homes.
Non-essential workers living in the Parramatta, Campbelltown and Georges River LGAs cannot leave their area for work.
The same rules already applied for residents in Fairfield, Cumberland, Canterbury-Bankstown, Liverpool and Blacktown.
Essential workers leaving Canterbury-Bankstown will need to be tested every three days.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has extended Sydney's stay-at-home lockdown for another four weeks
In Fairfield and Cumberland, only aged care and healthcare workers must be tested every three days.
From 12.01am on Saturday, July 31:
Construction sites can reopen outside the eight LGAs under tighter restrictions.
A singles bubble will be opened - allowing couples to visit each other's homes.
Tradesmen can resume work as long as they do not come into contact with residents. That work will also be banned in the eight LGAs of concern.
From August 16:
Year 12s will return to face-to-face learning and a Pfizer vaccination program will begin in the eight LGAs where transmission of Covid-19 is at its highest.
Rapid antigen testing will also be used for students returning to school across Greater Sydney
In Fairfield and Cumberland, only aged care and healthcare workers will have to follow the same rules.
The state government meanwhile has announced the JobSaver program will be boosted for businesses with an annual turnover of between $750,000 and $250million if they have had a revenue decline of 30 per cent or more.
Businesses that maintain their staff levels can now receive between $1,500 and $100,000 per week, up from $10,000.
Payments are based on 40 per cent of their weekly NSW payroll.
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