A number of restaurants in Sydney’s Potts Point have voluntarily shut their businesses until the end of the week amid concerns the inner eastern suburb could be the next NSW coronavirus hotspot.
On Monday residents were advised of two more positive cases in the suburb involving staff members from The Apollo and Thai Rock restaurants.
Watch the NSW Premier provide an update above
The cases come after another case was discovered over the weekend - a diner who attended Thai Rock.
Anyone who attended The Apollo between July 23 and July 25 or Thai Rock between July 15 and July 25 are being asked to get tested and quarantine for 14 days.
NSW Health is also asking anyone who lives in or has visited the Potts Point area in the past two weeks to get tested if they have respiratory symptoms.
Voluntary closures
In the wake of the three recent cases in the area, a number of high-profile restaurants in the district have voluntarily closed their venues.
Some have reverted to selling takeaway food only.
“As a precaution and for the safety of yourselves and our staff we have chosen to close until Thursday for a deep clean of the venue and for all of our staff to be tested,” the operators of The Roosevelt posted on Instagram.
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Meanwhile, a person who visited two pubs in Sydney’s southwest while infectious has now tested positive.
NSW Health is urging staff and patrons who went to Mounties in Mount Pritchard on July 24 and 25 and the nearby Pritchard’s Hotel on July 23 to isolate for 14 days and get tested if they have symptoms.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the coming weeks will be critical for managing the recent and renewed spread of the virus, which has been linked to a second wave outbreak in Victoria.
She said NSW authorities remain on high alert, as seen in the video above.
“There’s a lot of things going right but there’s a lot of things we can’t control. It only takes one or two cases for there to be a ripple effect,” Ms Berejiklian told the Nine Network on Tuesday.
“When you think about what you might have done in the past 14 days or what your friends might have done in the past 14 days, all the places you may have gone through, that’s what each of our health detectives does.”
Seventeen new COVID-19 cases were confirmed across NSW on Monday, bringing the total in the state to 3496.
Four are linked to the funeral service cluster in Sydney’s southwest, three are household contacts of cases associated with the Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park, the sister restaurant of the Potts Point venue, and two are under investigation.
Five COVID-19 patients are in intensive care.
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