New exposure sites for Sydney hotspot suburbs including IKEA
The number of exposure sites in Sydney’s south west has grown again with NSW Health issuing an alert for several venues including a Coles and butcher in Lakemba.
The alert, issued just before 6pm, includes four new primary exposure venues in Liverpool, Hurstville, Lakemba and Marsden Park.
There are also a dozen secondary exposure venues listed, several of which are located in the hotspot suburb of Fairfield.
Earlier this afternoon, thousands of people were directed to get tested and isolate after an infectious COVID-19 case spent two days at an Ikea store in Sydney’s north-west.
The Ikea in Marsden Park has been deemed an exposure site by NSW Health.
Anyone who was at the store on Monday from 11.30am until 7.30pm or Tuesday from 8am until 4.20pm is being told to get tested immediately and self-isolate.
In a statement published on their website, Ikea said a deep clean of the store had already been completed.
The store is closed to customers today with all existing bookings being rescheduled, but home deliveries will continue to operate.
Earlier, a petrol station in a rural New South Wales town was named as a primary exposure site after a person infected with COVID-19 stopped in.
Anyone who visited the Shell petrol station in Hay on the Stuart Highway, in the state’s south-west, on July 10 between 7.30am and 8am is now a close contact and must isolate for 14 days.
The alert from NSW Health also includes a raft of locations across suburbs in Sydney’s west and south-west, including a McDonald’s drive-through in Punchbowl.
The new exposure sites are worrying news for the city’s south-west, which remains the epicentre of the NSW outbreak.
The high number of COVID-19 cases and exposure venues in the Fairfield area means essential workers must now be tested for COVID-19 every three days, even if they do not have symptoms.
Anyone who attended the following venue at the times listed is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the test result:
- Emu Plains: Woolworths, Lennox Shopping centre, Cnr Great Western Hwy and Lawson Street, Saturday July 10, 4pm – 4.45pm
- Liverpool: Service NSW, Shop R19/2-18 Orange Grover Road, Monday July 12, 10am – 10.30am
- Lakemba: Al Sultan Butchery 130 Haldon Street, Saturday July 10, 9am – 8pm and Sunday July 11, 1.30pm – 8pm
- Hurstville: Coles, Westfield Hurstville Cnr Cross Street and Park Road, Saturday July 10, 11.40am – 12.30pm and Monday July 12, 9.15 – 6.15pm
- Marsden Park: IKEA, 1 Hollinsworth Road, Monday July 12, 12pm – 7.30pm and Tuesday July 13, 12pm – 4pm
- Fairfield: Star Sweet Patisserie, 37B Smart Street, Sunday July 11, 4.20pm – 4.30pm
- Punchbowl: Chemist Warehouse, Shop 18/1 Broadway, Thursday 8 July, 2.30pm – 3pm
- Liverpool: Service NSW, Shop R19/2-18 Orange Grove Road, Monday July 12, 10.10am – 10.25am
- Punchbowl: McDonald’s (drive-through only): 1171 Canterbury Road, Thursday July 8, 6am – 4pm
- Seven Hills: Alpha Medical Centre, Monday 12 July 2.15pm – 4.30pm, Tuesday 13 July 8am – 5pm, Wednesday 14 July 8am – 5pm
- Green Valley: Penna’s Green Valley Pharmacy, Saturday 10 July 1.05pm – 1.15pm, Sunday 11 July 3.15pm – 3.25pm
- Greenacre: D&M Excavations, 19 Bellfrog Street, Thursday 1 July all day to Wednesday 14 July all day
- Greenacre: Hanson Concrete Australia, 18-20 Bellfrog Street, Thursday 1 July all day to Wednesday 14 July all day
- Emu Plains: Lennox Village, Saturday 10 July, 4pm – 4.45pm
The full list of exposure sites and times can be found at the NSW Health website.
Anyone who travelled on the following public transport routes is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result:
- T2 Line: From Westmead Station to Auburn Station, Saturday July 10, departed 8.01am, arrived 8.13am
- T2 Line: From Auburn Station to Westmead Station, Sunday July 11, departed 8.51pm, arrived 9.03pm
- T2 Line: From Westmead Station to Auburn Station, Sunday July 11, departed 8.02am, arrived 8.13am
- T2 Line: From Auburn Station to Westmead Station, Saturday July 10, departed 8.40am, arrived 8.53pm
- T5 Line: From Westmead Station to Auburn Station Via Parramatta Station, Monday July 12, departed 7.45am, arrived 8.05am
Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is a casual contact who must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received:
- Smithfield: VIP Auto Repair, Tuesday 13 July, 11.20am – 1.30pm
- Condell Park: The Discount Drug Store, 50 Simmat Avenue, Monday 12 July, 11.25am – 11.35am
- Lakemba: Best Price Supermarket, Sunday 11 July, 12.55pm – 1.05pm
- Wetherill Park: XS Coffee Shop, Sunday 4 July, 10am – 10.30am
- North Bridge: 110 Collective/ Ritual Coffee Traders, Monday 12 July, 8.30am – 9am
- Belrose: Taste Baguette, Glenrose Village, Tuesday 13 July 8.10am – 8.20am, Wednesday 14 July 10.30am – 11am
- Belrose: Woolworths, Glenrose Village, Wednesday 14 July, 10.30am – 11am
- Belrose: Lawrence Dry Cleaners, Glenrose Village, Wednesday 14 July, 10.30am – 11am
