More cases continue to emerge from Sydney's Crossroads Hotel.
Group bookings at pubs will be reduced from 20 people to 10 and large venues will be capped at 300 patrons under new COVID-19 restrictions reintroduced across NSW, Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed on Tuesday.
Picture: NCA Newswire/ Gaye GerardNSW recorded 13 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, chief medical officer Dr Kerry Chant revealed. Of the new cases, two were in hotel quarantine and a third was linked to a returned overseas traveller. They have been self-isolating. Dr Chant said the other 10 cases were associated with the Crossroads Hotel and all live in Sydney’s southwest. Three of the cases involved people who physically attended the venue, and the remaining seven are close contacts. “Clearly this is showing that there has been a number of cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel on July 3,” Dr Chant said. “Should you have been at that premise and not recorded your details at that time, we urge you to come forward and get tested and please isolate yourself for 14 days. There are now 28 cases of COVID-19 linked to a southwestern Sydney hotel, and there are fears case numbers will continue to grow. Photo: NCA Newswire/ Gaye Gerard“Even if you have a negative test, please remain in isolation for 14 days, since you left that hotel.”One of the new cases worked at the Casula Kmart on July 10 between 5pm and midnight, and Dr Chant issued the same advice to anyone who was at the store during that period. A nursing home in the area is also in lockdown after a person attended the facility while infectious. Fourteen of the 28 people linked to the cluster attended the hotel, and the others are close contacts. The spike in cases in the southwest has also triggered the closure of a Planet Fitness and the local Kmart in Casula. Both are undergoing a deep clean. The news comes as group bookings at pubs will be reduced from 20 people to 10 and large venues will be capped at 300 patrons under new COVID-19 restrictions reintroduced across NSW, Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed on Tuesday. Picture: NCA Newswire/ Gaye GerardFor venues that can fit more than 250 people there will also be a full-time marshall on duty to ensure the business is complying with “COVID-safe plans”. “The industry will be mandating taking every single person‘s details and where possible I know the industry is making sure it’s done electronically to allow for clarity and legibility and good information,” Ms Berejiklian said. “Whether we like it or not, the reality is that life is not normal and it will not be normal until we have a vaccine or a cure.” She said indoor venues posed the highest risk of transmission, so focusing on reducing that risk was at the top of the State Government’s agenda.“It's not going to happen and we shouldn’t expect that. We are always going to have cases when we’ve eased restrictions and we have to expect that,” Ms Berejiklian said.
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