Urgent warning for Sydney suburb as several spots added to Covid list

A suburb in western Sydney is on high alert after a confirmed Covid case visited multiple stores including a Woolworths and BWS over several days.

NSW issued the warning to residents of Wentworthville late on Wednesday afternoon after the state recorded four new locally acquired cases.

Among those is a man in his 30s from western Sydney who authorities are unsure where he acquired the virus.

Anyone who visited the following Wentworthville venues at the same times is considered a casual contact and should get tested for Covid immediately and self isolate.

• BWS on December 27 from 8.30pm-8.35pm

• Domino’s Pizza on December 27 from 8.50pm-9pm

• Merrylans RSL on December 28 from 4pm-6pm

• Sydney Murugan Temple on January 1 from 12.30-12.46pm and 1.06pm – 1.30pm

Anyone who visited the Wentworthville venues below is considered as a casual contact and should monitor for symptoms and get tested if they appear.

• Woolworths on December 30 from 12pm-12.10pm

• Green Farm Meat NSW Halal on December 30 from 12.10pm-12.15pm

• Udaya Supermarket on December 30 from 6.30pm-6.35pm

• Ambeys Big Apple on January 1 from 5.30pm-5.40pm

• Sri Lakshmi Supermarket on January 1 from 5.40pm-5.45pm

• Pizza Hut on January 2 from 8.30pm-8.40pm

• Ambeys Big Apple on January 2 from 8.45pm-8.50pm

• Udaya Supermarket on January 3 from 6.30pm-6.40pm

• Udaya Supermarket on January 4 from 6.30pm-6.35pm

• Swagath Biryani House on January 4 from 6.40pm-6.50pm

NSW has also warned that anyone who went to Sydney Murugan Temple on January 1 from 12.46pm – 1.06pm is considered a close contact and should get tested and isolate no matter of the result.

NSW Health: Covid testing is free

NSW Health reminded residents on Wednesday that Covid-19 testing is free, after a private Auburn clinic charged a child's family $120 for a test.

It said reimbursements were being arranged for people who had paid for tests, reiterating that a Medicare card is not needed to be tested.

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Authorities want to sustain daily testing levels above 30,000 to make sure there are no undetected chains of transmission.

Some 32,667 people were tested in the most recent 24-hour period, up from 26,391 the previous day.

Pop-up clinics have been set up in Berala and Lidcombe, and the government has implored multicultural community leaders to pass the message on to their communities.

with AAP

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