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NSW Records Four New Locally Acquired COVID-19 Cases

NSW has recorded four new locally acquired coronavirus cases. One, a man in his 30s from western Sydney, is still under investigation. “He has no direct links to the Berala BWS or the Berala cluster and so we are being very cautious about finding any of those missing chains of transmission,” NSW Chief Health Officer…


RSL, Temple Among New Sydney Venue Virus Alerts

A teenager’s summer camping trip has put several regional NSW communities on high alert after he tested positive for the coronavirus. The 18-year-old visited the Berala BWS bottle shop in western Sydney, now the centre of a 15-strong COVID-19 cluster, on Christmas Eve. He then travelled with friends to the regional NSW towns of Orange,…


Four New COVID Cases Recorded in Victoria, Three Local

Victoria has recorded three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases for a third straight day, and another strong testing figure. A total of four new infections have been reported in Victoria on January 5, including one case in hotel quarantine. The new cases came from 32,544 tests, a marginal increase from Monday’s figure with wait times…


4 New COVID Cases Recorded in Victoria, 3 Local

Victoria has recorded three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases for a third straight day, and another strong testing figure. A total of four new infections have been reported in Victoria on Jan. 5, including one case in hotel quarantine. The new cases came from 32,544 tests, a marginal increase from Monday’s figure with wait times…


Five New Hotel Quarantine Cases in Qld

Queensland has recorded five new COVID-19 cases in quarantine, as restrictions on aged care facilities and hospitals for Victorian visitors come into force. Each of the infections was diagnosed in hotel quarantine and acquired overseas. People who have been in Victoria since December 21 are now banned from visiting “vulnerable facilities”, including aged care facilities,…


Three New Local Virus Cases in Victoria

Victoria’s run of more than 60 days without a locally-acquired COVID-19 case has come to an end. Three women – two in their 40s and one in her 70s – in the Melbourne suburbs of Mitcham, Hallam and Mentone have been diagnosed with COVID-19. “It is believed there is a link to Sydney but close…


NSW Reports 18 Virus Cases and Second Cluster

New Years Eve restrictions in Sydney have been tightened after NSW reported 18 cases of community transmission of coronavirus and a second cluster of the deadly disease in the inner west. The so-called Avalon cluster on Sydney’s northern beaches, which erupted earlier this month, generated another nine case in the 24 hours to 8pm on…


Seven New Local Covid-19 Cases in NSW

NSW has recorded seven new COVID-19 cases from 23,933 tests. All were recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday and are linked to the northern beaches, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on December 27. Six are confirmed as part of the Avalon cluster, bringing the number of cases in the outbreak to around 122….


Seven New Covid-19 Cases Recorded in NSW

NSW has recorded seven new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and set another record for the number of tests done in a 24-hour period. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has cautioned Sydneysiders to “think twice” before going to Boxing Day sales in Sydney’s CBD because of concerns there may have been transmission there. The seven new cases identified…