Dozens of high-risk locations across Byron Bay added to exposure sites list
More than a dozen venues across Byron Bay and the wider Northern Rivers region have been listed as close contact exposure sites as Sydney’s Delta outbreak continues to spread.
NSW Health released a list of 17 sites where people may have been exposed to COVID-19, with dates across six days.
Included are supermarkets, massage parlours, cafes and chemists.
Anyone who was at the below venues at the times listed is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result.
- Lambton Planet Fitness Lambton Turton Road Tuesday 3 August 3.05pm to 5pm
- Byron Bay Byron Massage Clinic 6/4 Bay Lane Monday 2 August 10am to 11am; Wednesday 4 August
- 10.45am to 12pm
- Byron Bay Westpac ATM 73 Johnson Street Tuesday 3 August 1.30pm to 1.45pm
- Byron Bay Success Thai Food 3/31 Lawson Street Tuesday 3 August 1.15pm to 1.45pm; Friday 6 August 4.45pm to 5.15pm
- Byron Bay Byron Bay General Store 26 Bangalow Road Wednesday 4 August 7.45am to 8.15am
- Bangalow Butcher Baker Cafe 13 Byron Street Thursday 5 August 11.15am to 11.45am
- Bangalow Sparrow Coffee 1A/32-34 Byron Street Thursday 5 August 6.45am to 7.15am
- Byron Bay Woolworths Byron Bay 106 Johnson Street Saturday 7 August 12.45pm to 1.45pm
- Byron Bay Zaza Kebabs 8/4 Johnson Street Saturday 7 August 12pm to 12.30pm
- Byron Bay Ampol Service Station 76/78 Shirley Street Saturday 7 August 11.45am to 12.15pm
- Byron Bay Ozi Go Car Wash Ewingsdale Road & Bayshore Drive Saturday 7 August 11.30am to 12pm
- Byron Bay Japonaise Kitchen 2/25-27 Lawson Street Saturday 7 August 4:30pm to 5pm
- Newrybar Harvest Cafe Village 18, 22 Old Pacific Highway Saturday 7 August 9.15am to 10.15am
- Byron Bay Izakaya Gallery KURA 8/4 Bay Lane Friday 6 August 5.30pm to 6pm
- Bangalow Bangalow Pharmacy 23 Byron Street Thursday 5 August 11am to 11.30am
- Bangalow Foodworks Shop 2/2 Byron St Monday 2 August 9.45am to 11.15am
- Newrybar Harvest Newrybar Village 18, 22 Old Pacific Highway Sunday 1 August 7.30am to 7.45am
Five venues in Dubbo have also been listed as potential exposure sites.
Anyone who was at the following venues on the dates and during the times listed is urged to immediately get tested and self-isolate until you receive further advice from NSW Health:
- Dubbo Don Crosby Veterinary Surgery 327 Darling Street Saturday 7 August 8.55am to 9.45am
- Dubbo The Harvest Cafe 64 Palmer Street Saturday 7 August 9.50am to 10.10am
- Dubbo Ashcrofts IGA 95 Tamworth Street Sunday 8 August 12.35pm to 12.55pm
- Dubbo Tim Koerstz Pharmacy 98 Tamworth Street Monday 9 August 1pm to 1.15pm
- Dubbo COVID Safe Clinic 77 Myall Street Tuesday 10 August 7.45am to 8.35am
Earlier today, hundreds of staff and students at a high school in Newcastle, in the NSW Hunter Region, were forced into isolation after a student tested positive to COVID-19.
Mayfield’s San Clemente High School became the latest location to be listed as a COVID-19 exposure site with the school now undergoing a deep clean after the case was detected.
“The San Clemente High School community was notified of the positive diagnosis by the school principal on Wednesday 11 August,” a statement from NSW Education said.
“The student’s infectious period started on Thursday 5 August, and this was also the most recent day they attended the Catholic co-educational secondary school, which educates 620 students.
“All staff and students have been asked to self-isolate until they receive further advice from NSW Health.
“The school will be non-operational on Wednesday 11 August 2021, until further notice, for the on-site attendance of students, staff and visitors to allow time for contact tracing and cleaning.”
The school is among several places listed as exposure sites in the area with the snap-lockdown now being extended in the Newcastle and Hunter regions.
