Sydney COVID cases expected to decline, London to Australia flights hit $38,000 after cap slashed

We have made our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic free for all readers. Please consider supporting our journalism with a subscription.

• 1 of 1

New Sydney exposure sites

Supermarkets in western Sydney, an eastern suburbs cafe and a Service NSW centre in the city’s inner south are among venues added to NSW Health’s exposure sites list overnight, which now numbes more than 300 active NSW exposure locations, public transport routes or flights.

Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result.

• Lakemba, Hop Hung Asian Grocery, 38C Haldon Street, Wednesday, June 30, from 11.20am to 11.40am
• Strathfield, Strathfield Plaza Medical Practice, 11-23 The Boulevard, Thursday, July 1 from 1.30pm to 2.10pm. The date for this venue was previously listed as Monday, June 28.

• Double Bay, Bake Bar, L/15 Kiaora Lane, Sunday, June 20, from 11am to 11.30am

• Homebush West, Ram’s Food, 17c/16-20 Henley Road, Friday, June 25 from 11.10am to 12.10pm

• Botany, Service NSW, 5 Lord Street, Monday, June 28, Wednesday June 30, and Thursday, July 1, from 8am to 5pm each day.

• Five Dock, Pharmacy 4 Less, 1a/125 Great North Road, Tuesday, June 29, from 10.40am to 10.55am

• Five Dock, Chemist Warehouse, 89 Great North Road, Tuesday, June 29, from 10.30am to 10.40am

• Mortdale, Woolworths, 84D Roberts Avenue, Wednesday, June 30, from 5.30pm to 6.40pm

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

• Auburn, Wing Fat Meat Market, 88-90 South Parade, Sunday 27 June from 10.00am to 10.10am
• Drummoyne, Chemist Warehouse, 19 Roseby St, Tuesday 29 June, 10.30am to 10.40am
• Potts Point, Woolworths Metro, Icon Building, 81 Macleay Street, Tuesday 29 June, 6.15pm to 6.30pm
• Bonnyrigg, Aldi, 718 Cabramatta Road, Wednesday 30 June from 6.00pm to 6.30pm

• Sydney Olympic Park, The Locker Room, 15 Olympic Boulevard, Saturday 26 June, 10.00am to 7.00pm

• Auburn, Auburn Central Sunshine Fruit, corner Queen Street and Harrow Road, Sunday 27 June, 10.00am to 10.30am, Monday 28 June, 3.30pm to 4.30pm

• Auburn, David’s Asian Food Supermarket, 82 South Parade, Sunday 27 June, 10.10am to 10.20am

• Auburn, Hamro Asan Bazaar, Shop 6, 8-10 Northumberland Road, Monday 28 June, 3.30pm to 4.30pm

• Homebush West, K.W. Barbeque Shop, 10/90-95 The Crescent, Tuesday 29 June, 4.00pm to 4.15pm

• Homebush West, Di Yuan Asian Groceries, Shop 1-3, 90-95 The Crescent, Tuesday 29 June, 4.20pm to 4.30pm, Homebush West

• Tan Hung Long Supermarket, 90-95 The Crescent, Tuesday 29 June, 4.30pm to 4.45pm

• Casula, Costco, 20 Parkers Farm Place, Tuesday 29 June, 7.50pm to 9pm

• Lakemba, Aldi, 212-226 Haldon Street, Wednesday 30 June, 11.30am to 11.45am

• Parramatta, Country Growers, 159-175 Church Street, Wednesday 30 June, 5.35pm to 5.55pm

• Parramatta, Coles, Westfield Parramatta, Campbell Street, Wednesday 30 June, 5.45pm to 6.05pm

• Paramatta, Spices of India, 111-113 Church Street, Wednesday 30 June, 6.00pm to 6.15pm

Buses:

• Route 400N, from Westfield Eastgardens, Bunnerong Road, Stand A, to Anzac Parade after Strachan Street Kingsford, Thursday 24 June, 12:30am to 12:39am
• Bus 420, from Coward St opp Lionel Bowen Park, Mascot, to Westfield Eastgardens, Bunnerong Road, Stand A, Thursday 24 June, 2:55pm to 3:05pm

Trains:

• T8 Airport/South line service to Revesby, from Central Platform 23 to Mascot Platform 2, Thursday 24 June, 8.10am to 8.20am
• T8 Airport/South line service to Revesby, from Central Platform 23 to Mascot Platform 2, Friday 25 June, 7.55am to 8.10am
• T8 Airport/South line service to Central, from Mascot Platform 1 to Central Platform 21, Friday 25 June, 12:20pm to 12:30pm

Anyone who attended the following locations at the listed times should monitor for symptoms, and if they appear, immediately get tested and self-isolate until they receive a negative result.

• Bondi Junction, Woolworths, 530 Oxford Street, Monday 28 June, 9.00am to 9.15am
• Parramatta, Westfield Parramatta (whole of complex), 159-175 Church, Wednesday 30 June, 5.30pm to 6.15pm

‘Glimmer of hope’ with new Sydney COVID cases expected to decline

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says there are “green shoots” in the pattern of COVID-19 cases in NSW that give her greater confidence Sydney’s lockdown can end later this week as planned, despite the 35 new cases announced yesterday.

Of those, only nine were moving about the community for their entire infectious period, compared with 12 of the 31 cases announced on Friday. NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant and several health experts said reducing that figure was key to exiting the lockdown.

Beachgoers at Bondi on Saturday.Credit:Brook Mitchell

The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age understand the number of new cases recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday – to be confirmed on Sunday – decreased significantly with very few mystery cases, suggesting the Greater Sydney lockdown was working.

“We have seen the tide turn. We have seen those green shoots,” Ms Berejiklian said on Saturday. “While, as predicted, the number of cases is going up, we are seeing a greater proportion of those cases in isolation, which is exactly what we want to see.”

Ms Berejiklian and Dr Chant sounded the alarm about pristine winter weekend weather drawing large crowds in public places, although outdoor transmission of the virus was less likely.

Read the full story here.

Good morning

Good morning, and welcome to our live blog. I’m Megan Gorrey.

Here’s a recap of yesterday’s top stories you might have missed:

• Victoria’s move out of its remaining COVID restrictions  will be partially linked to how the outbreak is managed in NSW, COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar says.
• For the second day in a row, NSW recorded its highest number of local COVID-19 cases over the past year, as government and health authorities express optimism that Sydney’s lockdown may still be lifted at the end of Friday, 9 July.
• Queensland avoided any further extension to the snap lockdown of parts of the state, despite a handful of new cases on Saturday, with contact tracers urgently working to find the final links that will tie all the cases together.
• Epidemiologists disputed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s claim that coronavirus will be able to be treated “like the flu” when Australia reaches a high vaccination rate, saying contact tracing and widespread mask wearing may be needed for years to avoid excess deaths.
• The financial burden from Perth’s latest lockdown stretched into the weekend for wineries, restaurants, pubs and bars and will have implications for hospitality businesses across Western Australia as the state enters two weeks of school holidays.
• Australia’s pathway out of the pandemic relies heavily on the Pfizer vaccine, but the majority of the nation’s 40 million doses are at least three months away.
• And in London, the Australian government has told the UN high commissioner that blocking an Australian man’s wish to return home to support his mother during her cancer treatment did not cause him “irreparable harm”.

• 1 of 1

Most Viewed in National

Source: Read Full Article