25.06.2021
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Sydney COVID exposure sites now include Barangaroo venues, David Jones, grocery stores

An inner-city entertainment precinct and several train routes have also been hit in the latest list of COVID venues.

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Attendees of a Bondi mums’ fitness class and diners at a trendy inner-Sydney restaurant have been warned they could be close contacts of a COVID-19 case.

NSW Health has listed Lotus Restaurant in Barangaroo on Wulugul Walk as an exposure site for anyone who was there from 12.30pm to 3pm on Sunday, June 20.

The same declaration has been made for a “Baby Mumma Beans class” at Lean Bean Fitness in Bondi at 10.30am to 11.15am on Friday, June 18, and 10.30am to 11.15am on Monday, June 21.

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Close contact exposure could also have occurred at the Lyfe Cafe in Bondi Beach all day on Friday, June 18, and Saturday, June 19.

The Moore Park View Hotel in Waterloo, at 3.30pm to 6.30pm on Tuesday, June 22, and the Doncaster Hotel in Kensington at 5.45pm to 8pm on Wednesday, June 23, are also considered close contact exposure sites.

Earlier on Friday, revealed there may have be close contact with a confirmed COVID case inside the Café de la Fontaine in Potts Point at 10am to 11.30am on Saturday, June 19, 12pm to 1.30pm and 3.50pm to 4.50pm on Sunday, June 20, and 3.15pm to 4.15pm to Monday, June 21.

“Anyone who attended (the venues) at the time listed is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result,” the authority said on Friday.

Casual contacts

Casual contact sites have been also listed on Friday. They are:

  • Café de la Fontaine (patrons who ordered, paid and sat outside the café, never entering the café) at 10am to 11.30am on Saturday, June 19, 12pm to 1.30pm and 3.50pm to 4.50pm on Sunday, June 20, and 3.15pm to 4.15pm to Monday, June 21
  • The female toilets beside the Lotus Restaurant at 12.30pm to 3pm on Sunday, June 20
  • Rivareno Gelato Barangaroo at 3.05pm to 3.45pm on Sunday 20 June
  • Indigo Cafe at Double Bay from 8.45am to 8.50pm on Monday, June 21
  • Chemist Warehouse in Double Bay from 9.30am to 9.42am on Monday, June 21
  • Woolworths Cecil Hills from midday to 12.30pm on Monday, June 21
  • BWS Cecil Hills from 12.40pm to 12.35pm on Monday, June 21
  • Urban Grind Cafe in Chipping North from 12.40pm to 1.20pm on Monday, June 21
  • Woolworths Royal Randwick from 2pm to 2.30pm on Monday, June 21
  • Coles East Village Shopping Centre in Zetland from 6.10pm to 6.35pm on Monday, June 21
  • David Jones at Westfield Burwood at 10am to 6.30pm on Monday, June 21
  • The Cosmopolitan in Double Bay at 5pm to 7pm on Thursday, June 17
  • La Piadina at Bondi Beach at 8am to 9.30am on Sunday, June 20, and 7.30am to 9am on Monday, June 21
  • Woolworths Metro Bondi Beach at 9am to 10am on Monday, June 21, and 9.30am to 10am on Wednesday, June 23
  • Scoop Wholefoods in Bondi Beach at 4.15pm to 4.45pm on Monday, June 21, and 9.45am to 10.15am on Wednesday June 23

Anyone who was at the venues at the times listed must immediately get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received.

A number of places in Barangaroo have been hit by COVID patients. File image. Credit: AAP

A number of train routes are also considered casual contacts. They are:

  • Bondi Junction to Martin Place (T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line) at 11.35am to 11.43am on Monday, June 21
  • Martin Place to Bondi Junction (T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line) at 1.23pm to 1.32pm on Monday, June 21
  • Merrylands to Town Hall (T2 Inner West & Leppington Line) at 7.06am to 7.44am on Monday, June 21
  • Martin Place to Town Hall (T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line) at 7.52am to 7.53am on Monday, June 21
  • Town Hall to Martin Place (T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line) at 5.26pm to 5.29pm on Monday, June 21
  • Town Hall to Merrylands (T2 Inner West & Leppington Line) at 5.37pm to 6.18pm on Tuesday, June 22
  • Merrylands to Town Hall (T2 Inner West & Leppington Line) at 8.03am to 8.45am on Monday, June 21
  • Town Hall to Kings Cross (T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line) at 8.48am to 8.51am on Tuesday, June 22
  • Kings Cross to Town Hall (T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line) at 5.24pm to 5.29pm on Tuesday, June 22
  • Town Hall to Merrylands (T2 Inner West & Leppington Line) at 5.31pm to 6.14pm on Tuesday, June 22
  • Parramatta and Merrylands (T5 Cumberland Line) at 12.19pm to 12.23pm on Wednesday, June 23

The full list of NSW COVID venues can be found here.

Cases spike

NSW recorded 22 new local COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the Bondi cluster to 65 cases.

The outbreak has prompted Premier Gladys Berejiklian to declare stay-at-home orders for people in Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick and the City of Sydney council areas.

They will not be able to leave home for a week except for essential purposes, including work or education, shopping, providing care or outside exercise.

Meanwhile, Berejiklian predicted the number of new COVID-19 infections would grow as the hundreds of people currently in isolation return positive tests.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Chief Medical Officer Kerry Chant. File image. Credit: Dean Lewins/AAP

“We expect household contacts to develop the virus,” the premier told reporters after a crisis meeting to review the swelling figures.

“Our aim is to make sure that we get on top of any potential spread and that we also get on top of any chains of transmission that our testing hasn’t picked up.”

Eleven cases were detected in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday night, six of which were already reported. There were 17 further infections after 8pm which will be recorded in Saturday’s tally.

- With AAP