NSW Health was notified on Wednesday night of a new case of COVID-19 in a person who works at a Sydney hotel complex which provides hotel quarantine for returned travellers.
NSW recorded no new cases of locally acquired COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. Nine cases were reported in overseas travellers. This brings the total number of cases in NSW to 4,408 since the start of the pandemic.
Staff who worked at the hotel complex whilst the case was potentially infectious are asked to get tested and self-isolate until updated advice is received from NSW Health.
The affected hotel shifts are:
Ibis Hotel Darling Harbour Friday 27 November 2020
Novotel Sydney on Darling Harbour Saturday 28, Sunday 29, Monday 30 November 2020.
As a precaution, NSW Health is also conducting wider testing of staff at the hotel complex. The person, who lives in south-western Sydney, travelled on the train from Minto to Lidcombe and Central and on the Light Rail from Central to Darling Harbour on a number of occasions whilst potentially infectious. NSW Health will be asking people who travelled on the below services at the following periods to get tested immediately and self-isolate, until further advised by NSW Health:
Light Rail:
Friday 27 November Convention to Central at 4:01pm – 4.11pm
Saturday 28 November Convention to Central at 3:14pm – 3.29pm
Sunday 29 November Convention to Capitol Square 3:58pm – 4.09pm
Sunday 29 November Capitol Square to Central 4.55pm – 5.03pm
Monday 30 November Central to Convention 06:39am – 6.54am
Monday 30 November Convention to Central 3.10pm – 3.26pm
Train:
Friday 27 November Minto to Lidcombe 04:55am – 5:52am
Friday 27 November Central to Lidcombe 4.12pm – 4.49pm
Saturday 28 November Central to Lidcombe 3.31pm – 4.32pm
Sunday 29 November Central to Lidcombe 5.05pm – 5.44pm
Monday 30 November Lidcombe to Central 06:14am – 06:37am
Monday 30 November Central to Minto 3.28pm – 4.20pm
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