Masks compulsory; Three Northern Beaches venues on COVID list

7 May 2021: 2pm

NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

The following measures are effective until 12.01am Monday 10 May for the Greater Sydney region (including Wollongong, Central Coast and Blue Mountains):

• Visitors to households are limited to 20 guests, including children;
• Masks are compulsory on public transport and in all public indoor venues, such as retail, theatres, hospitals, aged care facilities and for front-of-house hospitality staff (except in a hospitality venue when eating or drinking);
• Masks are not required in gyms or other similar facilities like indoor pools or dance studios;
• Drinking while standing up at indoor venues is not allowed;
• Singing by audiences at indoor shows or by congregants at indoor places of worship is not allowed;
• Dancing is not allowed at indoor hospitality venues or nightclubs however, dancing is allowed at weddings with a strong recommendation that no more than 20 people should be on the dancefloor at any one time; and
• Visitors to aged care facilities are limited to two people per day.

In relation to hospitality venues, the Public Health Order requires masks to be worn by customer- facing staff. Patrons do not have to wear a mask unless they are in a gaming area.

It is also strongly recommended the community avoids mingling in large groups over the coming days, and is careful not to put our most vulnerable at risk.

MASK WEARING COMPULSORY AGAIN UNTIL MONDAY

6 May 2021: 11:09am

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has just announced that mask wearing is compulsory again for indoors for the next three days (indoor venues such as shops and public transport) and you can have no more than 20 people in your home from 5pm today until Monday. There will be no singing or dancing in indoor venues apart from weddings.

Health detectives have tracked the source of the case identified this week and say so far only his wife has also contracted the virus.

More updates to come.

5 May 2021 Three Northern Beaches venues have been named as potential venues exposed to the new case of COVID-19 in Sydney.

A man in his 50s from the eastern suburbs returned a positive result for COVID-19 earlier today. Urgent investigations and contact tracing continues.

The venues and potential exposure times are:

BALGOWLAH

Smith Made, 14/28 Roseberry Street, Balgowlah, attended Tuesday 4 May 2021 between 2:30pm to 2:45pm

BROOKVALE 

Rug Cleaning Repairs Hand Rug Wash Sydney, 8/52-54 Sydenham Rd, Brookvale, attended Tuesday 4 May 2021 between 12.30pm and 1pm.

COLLAROY

Alfresco Emporium, 1021 Pittwater Road, Tuesday 4 May between 1pm and 2.00pm.

Anyone who attended any of the above Beaches venues at the times specified is asked to immediately get tested and isolate for two weeks. This applies to everyone, including those who have been partially or fully vaccinated.

There is a broader list of venues outside of the Beaches, it is below but please keep up to date with the NSW health pages for most current data outside of our coverage areas:

NSW Health urges everyone in NSW with even the mildest symptoms, such as headache, fatigue, cough, sore throat or runny nose, to come forward immediately for testing, then isolate until they receive a negative result.

There are more than 300 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW, many of which are open seven days a week. To find your nearest clinic visit

https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others/clinics or contact your GP.