Health authorities are 'strongly advising' those who live or work in Greater Sydney and the Central Coast to avoid visits to aged care facilities for two weeks.
There will be no fathers' day visits to aged care homes in Sydney and on the NSW Central Coast with the facilities to be locked down for two weeks as health authorities say it's too risky for vulnerable residents.
Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said the growing cluster linked to the City Tattersalls Club gym was proof how quickly virus outbreaks can spiral out of control. "I have set up a new committee that will audit not just the security guards but they will also audit the hotels in terms of the cleanliness and the cleaning, and the sorts of briefings that hotel staff are getting," he told the Daily Telegraph.
Dr Chant has meanwhile changed her mind about private school sporting competitions, allowing them to resume from Saturday.
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