Eastern suburbs nightclub new exposure site as NSW case numbers continue to climb | sallyrawsthorne
A nightclub in Potts Point and a pub in Parramatta have been deemed likely exposure venues to the Omicron variant, as NSW records 560 new cases of COVID-19.
NSW Health said that Potts Point’s Cult Nightclub and Parramatta’s Albion Hotel had been visited by suspected cases of the Omicron variant of concern last weekend.“Both venues have been visited by confirmed cases of COVID-19 linked to the previously reported outbreak on a party boat cruise on Sydney Harbour on Friday, 3 December. It is likely some of these cases have the Omicron variant of concern,” the Department said in a statement on Friday night.
Anyone at the Albion Hotel last Sunday from 4.30pm until closing time is a close contact, meaning they must test and isolate for seven days if fully vaccinated, and 14 days if not, under the current COVID-19 rules.Anyone at the same venue on Friday or Saturday between 11pm and 3am, or Potts Point’s Cult Nightclub between 9.45pm and 3am last Saturday night, is a casual contact, meaning they must get tested and isolate until they have a negative result.a jump from Friday’s 516 cases.
It was the highest daily figure since October 9, which was the weekend before Sydney’s months-long lockdown lifted. There are currently 150 people in hospital with COVID-19 across the state, and 25 of those are in ICU.The state’s vaccine rate continues to climb, with 94.7% of the eligible population fully vaccinated and 93.1% having had one dose.
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