Fri. Nov 18th, 2022

A Virgin plane with multiple Covid-19 transmissions, two busy shopping centres and popular stores including Kmart and Big W have been added to Sydney’s ever-growing list of exposure sites. 
Sydneysiders are seven days into a 14-day to curb the spread of the highly-infectious Indian Delta variant of the virus – with the city recording 16 new cases on Sunday. 
Passengers who flew from the Gold Coast to Sydney on a Virgin flight were ordered to isolate after Covid infections occurred on the plane. 
All passengers who were onboard the VA524 Virgin flight that departed the Gold Coast at 1.26pm and arrived in Sydney at 2.47pm on June 26 are considered close contacts. 
Passengers were told to vigilantly monitor for symptoms and remain in isolation for 14 days, regardless of their Covid-19 test results.  
Customers who visited the Roselands Shopping Centre in the city’s south-west on June 28, June 29 or June 30 have been asked to get tested and self-isolate immediately
Coles in the Roselands Shopping Centre in the city’s south-west was exposed to a positive case on June 30 from 7:45am to 7:50am
Customers who visited the Roselands Shopping Centre in the city’s south-west on June 28, June 29 or June 30 have been asked to get tested and self-isolate immediately.
The same advice applies for anyone who entered the Fruit World at the Roselands Shopping Centre on June 28, June 29 and June 30.
Shoppers who visited the Roseland centre’s Priceline or Kmart on June 29 or the Coles supermarket on June 30 were also exposed to coronavirus.  
The shopping centre’s Commonwealth Bank has also been deemed a high-risk site on June 28 from 8am to 5pm, June 29 from 8am to 5pm and June 30 from 8am to 3.30pm. 
All passengers who were onboard the VA524 Virgin flight that departed the Gold Coast at 1:26pm and arrived in Sydney at 2:47pm on June 26 are considered close contacts of Covid-19
SYDNEY’S NEW EXPOSURE SITES
Anyone who attended any of the following venues at the times listed is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result. 
Roselands: Commonwealth Bank, 24 Roselands Drive, June 28 – 8am to 5pm, June 29 – 8am to 5pm and June 30 – 8am to 3.30pm
Revesby: Ostar International bathroom supply store, 116 Milperra Road, June 26 – 1.15pm to 1.30pm 
Five Dock: Bendo’s Premium Meats, 87 Great North Road, June 29 – 10.10am to 11.15am
Virgin flight VA524: Departed the Gold Coast at 1.26pm, landed in Sydney at 2.47pm  on June 26
Anyone who attended any of the following venues at the times listed is a casual contact and must immediately isolate and get tested until a negative result is achieved: 
Eastgardens: Big W, 152 Bunnerong Road, June 24 – 2.45pm to 3.15pm
Gladesville: TAB, 1E Cowell Street, June 26 – 9.30am to 10am 
Marrickville: Panetta Marcato, Shop G023 Marrickville Metro 20 Smidmore Street, June 26 – 5pm to 5.20pm
Clemton Park: Coles, 60 Charlotte Street, June 27 – 6.55pm to 7.20pm
Randwick: Coles, 148 Belmore Road, June 28 – 4.20pm to 4.50pm
Five Dock: Coles, 4/12 Garfield Street, June 29 – 8.30am to 9am
Roselands: Fruit World, 24 Roselands Drive, June 28 – 1.55pm to 2.05pm, June 29 – 1.55pm to 2.05pm, June 30 – 1.55pm to 2.05pm
Anyone who attended the following locations should monitor for symptoms and if they appear, immediately get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is achieved:
Roselands Shopping Centre, 24 Roselands Drive, June 28 – 8am to 5.15pm, June 29 – 8.00am to 4.45pm, June 30 – 8am to 3.30pm
Roselands, Priceline, 24 Roselands Drive, June 29 – 4.40pm to 4.55pm
Roselands, Kmart, 24 Roselands Drive, June 29 – 4.35pm to 4.50pm
Roselands, Coles, 24 Roselands Drive, June 30 – 7.45am to 7.50am 
Any customer at the Ostar International bathroom supply store in Revesby on June 26 from 1.15pm to 1.30pm or Bendo’s Premium Meats in Five Dock on June 29 from 10.30am to 11.15am, are also considered close contacts. 
Residents who visited Big W in the Eastgardens Shopping Centre on June 24, the TAB in Gladesville on June 26 or Panetta Marcato in Marrickville on the same day are considered casual contacts of a positive case.
Three Coles supermarkets were also marked as high-risk sites, the first in Clemton Park on June 27 and the second in Randwick on June 28 and the third in Five Dock on June 29. 
Exposure sites aren’t always big deterrents as a crowd was seen enjoying a night out on Saturday, drinking next door to a venue that was earlier placed on the list. 
A large crowd were pictured queuing outside Mexican restaurant Calita on Campbell Parade on the northern end of the beach.
The Porch and Parlour café and ceramics shop directly next door though is listed as an exposure site by NSW Health between 7.50am and 8.10am on Monday June 28.
Police officers are seen speaking with people sitting on benches on Bondi Beach’s promenade on Friday afternoon as crowds soak up the good weather
A group of Sydney residents are seen hanging outside a Bondi bar on Saturday night after taking advantage of the venue’s takeaway alcohol
The Porch and Parlour cafe and ceramics shop in Bondi Beach is directly next door to one kerbside bar, Calita (pictured). The cafe is a listed Covid-19 exposure site
Bars and pubs have been allowed to serve customers drinks on the street as long as punters then move on and don’t enter the premises.
Daily Mail Australia understands a number of bars were offering the alcohol for customers to drink while they walked up and down the waterfront to prevent transmission of the virus.  
NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys said some local government areas allowed drinking on the streets as long as venues followed guidelines. 
‘There certainly are requirements around supplying alcohol in containers that are open, then moving out onto the street, where there might be some local government alcohol-free zone restrictions around that,’ he said.
‘But if you push that to one side, most importantly, this is an activity that sees people coming together in close proximity – I suspect these people aren’t doing this alone, that there would be a group of people moving around.’
The next few days in New South Wales are ‘critical’ according to officials, as the state continues to record new cases who have been infectious in the community. 
Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned that even though numbers were trending in the right direction, just a handful of people ‘doing the wrong thing’ could derail it
The state recorded just 16 new local cases of coronavirus on Sunday, raising hopes the two-week lockdown in Sydney will not be extended. 
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said on Sunday that 14 of the cases were linked to previously confirmed infections.
Thirteen were already in isolation, one was in isolation for part of their infectious period and the remaining two were in the community while infectious. 
Three residents at Summit Care’s aged care facility in Baulkham Hills, western Sydney, also tested positive to the virus.
The results come after 45,079 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
The figure is a positive sign that Sydney and surrounding regions are on track to come out of lockdown on July 9.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned that even though numbers were trending in the right direction, just a handful of people ‘doing the wrong thing’ could derail it. 
The next few days in New South Wales are ‘critical’ according to officials, as the state continues to record new cases who have been infectious in the community
The state recorded just 16 new local cases of coronavirus on Sunday, raising hopes the two-week lockdown in Sydney will not be extended
But Sydneysiders have shown a more relaxed attitude to stay-at-home orders with crowds spotted gathering across the city enjoying the good weather. 
Ms Berejiklian said she was pleased to see the cases ‘go the right way’.
‘But I do say cautiously that that could still bounce around,’ she said.
‘And we’ve seen in the last few days how easy it is for people to unintentionally do the wrong thing, or intentionally do the wrong thing, and that can result in more cases which is something we don’t want to see.’
Ms Berejiklian has also reminded residents to follow lockdown instructions.
‘So, we say to everybody, stay at home means stay at home,’ she said.’Only leave the house for exercise. Only leave the house when you absolutely have to. And please don’t go visiting each other, because that’s how the virus spreads.’
SYDNEY’S LOCKDOWN: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW UNTIL JULY 9
Those living in Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Shellharbour and Wollongong must abide by the following: 
Masks are mandatory in all indoor settings outside the home, including offices 
Weddings are banned and funerals are capped at 100 people – or 1 person per 4sqm – with masks required indoors 
There is no curfew but a stay at home order applies, with only four reasons to leave your home 
*The four reasons you can leave your home:

  • Shopping for food or other essential goods and services
  • Medical care or compassionate needs (including to get a COVID-19 vaccine)
  • Exercise outdoors in groups of 10 or fewer
  • Essential work, or education, where you cannot work or study from home  

The rest of NSW (including regional areas) is subject to the following restrictions:

  • No more than five visitors (including children) allowed in homes
  • Masks are compulsory in all indoor non-residential settings
  • The four-square-metre rule is back for indoor and outdoor settings and drinking while standing at indoor venues is not allowed
  • Dancing will not be allowed at indoor hospitality venues or nightclubs, but dancing is allowed at weddings for the wedding party (no more than 20 people)
  • Dance and gym classes are limited to 20 people per class and masks must be worn