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Covid NSW: Infection exposed entire shopping mall for 11 days

Thousands of people in southwest Sydney have been forced into isolation after an entire shopping mall was exposed to a person with Covid over 11 days.

The Campsie Centre shopping mall, which has more than 50 stores, was deemed a Covid exposure site on Tuesday as the state recorded a high of 172 local cases for the current outbreak.

Anyone who visited the mall from July 14 to July 24 is considered a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result.

Campsie Centre shopping mall is pictured.
Thousands of people in southwest Sydney have been forced into isolation after Campsie Centre shopping mall was exposed to Covid over 11 days. Source: Campsie Centre Facebook

Campsie residents urged to follow NSW Covid advice

Khal Asfour, mayor of Canterbury-Bankstown, told ABC on Tuesday morning the shopping centre’s Covid alert will “hurt the Campsie community”.

“I would imagine it would be cleaned very quickly and look, it's a large centre so obviously we want those shops to be reopened as soon as practically possible to make sure that people still are able to go in and get their essential needs,” he said.

Mr Asfour urged his community residents to listen to the health advice and get tested and isolate.

“We want to make sure that all residents that have visited there are listening to the health advice, and are sure their tests come back negative before they're able to go back out into the community to get vaccinated,” he said.

The shopping mall joins a growing list of now 408 Covid exposure sites in NSW.

NSW new Covid exposure sites

Anyone who attended the following venue on the days listed is a close contact. They must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result:

  • Campsie Centre Shopping mall from July 14 to July 24

  • Campsie Growers Market from 6am to 6pm on July 22 and 6am to 4pm on July 23

  • The World of Fruit in Campsie from 3pm to 4pm on July 19, 11am to 12pm on July 20, 7am to 7pm on July 22, 7am to 7pm on July 23

  • Man Hing Chinese Takeaway in Campsie from 11am to 2pm every day from July 16 to July 20

  • Produce Pet and Garden Supplies in Enfield from 11:35am to 11:50am on July 17

  • Triple 333 Medical Centre in Merrylands all day on July 18

Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is a casual contact who must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result:

  • Lobster Tail Fish Market in Bankstown from 5am to 6pm on July 21

  • Bankstown Lebanese Fruit and Mixed business from 10am to 10:15am on July 22

  • Woolworths in Prospect from 1pm to 1:20pm and 5:30pm to 5:35pm on July 24

  • Woolworths in Fairfield Heights from 11:45am to 12:30pm on July 18

  • Centrelink in Parramatta from 12:10pm to 12:45pm on July 20

  • Aldi in Guilford from 1:30pm to 2pm on July 24

  • T2 Domestic Airport in Mascot from 9:45am to 10:30am on July 14

  • Chemistworks in Wetherill Park from 3:30pm to 4pm on July 12, 4:20pm to 4:45pm on July 12, 1pm to 2:20pm on July 20

  • Auburn Central Shopping Centre from 2:25pm to 4:05pm on July 17 and 2:55pm to 3:40pm on July 17

  • Fardoulis Sweet and Nuts in Kogarah from 12pm to 5:45pm on July 21, July 22 and July 23

  • Sairays Grocery Store in Bankstown from 6:50pm to 7pm on July 18, 3pm to 3:10pm to July 19

  • Chinese Ginseng and Herbs in Sydney from 4pm to 4:30pm on July 17

  • Coles in Fairfield from 2:30pm to 3:30pm on July 21

  • Strathfield Plaza in 2:45pm to. 5pm on July 20

  • Blooms Chemist in Bankstown from 4:40pm to 4:45pm on July 22

For a full list of areas of concern, visit the NSW Government website.

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