Coronavirus: NSW reports 15 new cases as RSL visitors told to self isolate
NSW has declared 15 new cases of coronavirus with health officials asking anyone who attended a RSL on the NSW South Coast being told the self isolate.
The state’s Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Jeremy McAnulty told reporters on Saturday anyone who visited the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club on July 13 between 7pm and 9.30pm should self isolate for 14 days.
Two of Saturday’s confirmed cases had visited the bistro at the club.
“We're also asking anybody at Albion Park McDonald's on 15 July between 2pm and 2.30pm to watch carefully for symptoms and if they develop any respiratory symptoms, coughs, sore throat, runny nose, shortness of breath or fever, to come immediately forward for testing and isolate themselves,” he said.
Crossroads Hotel cluster grows
Dr McAnulty said the cluster of cases associated with the Crossroads Hotel in Casula, in Sydney’s southwest, has grown to 45.
Of Saturday’s newly reported cases, five are contacts who were directly or indirectly associated with the pub.
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Dr McAnulty said there had also been another case linked to Casula’s Planet Fitness gym. He urged anyone who visited the gym between July 4 and 10 to consider isolation or testing.
“We have got a growing list of places that people should review on a regular basis to see whether they have been to those places on our website to check and remind themselves whether they need to isolate and get tested,” he said.
“We are at a crucial point in the fight against COVID. It remains a very active number of cases in New South Wales and Victoria.
“It's very important that we, as a community, come together to fight this virus.”
Federal parliament cancelled in August
The escalating spread of the coronavirus in Victoria and worrying trends in NSW have prompted Prime Minister Scott Morrison to seek the cancellation of the planned sitting of the federal parliament early next month.
Reacting to the advice of Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly, Mr Morrison has written to the Speaker of the House of Representatives to request the sitting fortnight commencing August 4 not be held.
Professor Kelly has said holding a sitting of parliament would pose a "significant risk" to MPs and senators and their staff as well as parliamentary staff and the broader ACT community.
Mr Morrison says the government cannot ignore such advice.
"It is not feasible nor desirable to hold a sitting of parliament that would exclude parliamentarians from a single state," the prime minister said in a statement on Saturday.
with AAP
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