NSW Health is asking everyone – in Sydney Olympic Park, Wentworth Point, Newington, Lidcombe, Homebush and Silverwater – to continue to be vigilant in monitoring for symptoms, after fragments of the virus were detected in the sewage network and if they appear, to get tested and isolate immediately until they receive a negative result.
It is aware of recent Covid-19 cases in returned overseas travellers, who have left hotel quarantine and live in this catchment. People who have recently recovered from Covid-19 can continue to shed virus fragments into the sewerage system for several weeks even after they are no longer infectious.
Nonetheless, NSW Health is asking everyone in the area to be vigilant in monitoring for symptoms, and if they appear get tested and isolate immediately until they receive a negative result.
Everyone is being urge to continue to take practical measures to stay Covid-safe, including practising good hand hygiene, and always using QR codes to check in to and out of venues. NSW Health continues to recommend masks be worn in any situation where physical distancing is not possible, such as on public transport.
Anyone experiencing even the mildest of cold-like symptoms should come forward immediately for testing, then isolate until a negative result is received.
Highest number of jabs in a day
NSW Health administered its highest-ever number of vaccines in one day, giving 14,190 Covid-19 vaccines last Friday, including 5,357 at the vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park.
