Health authorities have confirmed several positive cases of coronavirus visited The Cambridge Hotel in Newcastle with some 'likely' to have been carrying the Omicron variant.
Anyone who visited The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle at the listed times is now considered a close contact. Picture: Google Maps.
Close contacts must immediately get tested and isolate for seven days while household contacts should also get tested until a negative result is received by everyone in the household. On Monday evening NSW Health revealed anyone who visited Finnegan's Hotel – 21 Darby Street Newcastle – from 6.30pm Friday December 10 to 2.30am Saturday December 11 was also a close contact.
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