Public Health Alert – positive COVID-19 case travels through NSW locations
NSW Health was advised by Queensland Health that two further venues of concern in NSW have been identified as part of ongoing investigations into a COVID-19 case reported earlier today.
Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed must immediately get tested and isolate until you receive further information from NSW Health:
| Suburb | Venue | Address | Date and time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubbo | Shell Petrol Station | Corner of Victoria and Whylandra Street | Wednesday, 2 June from 10.30 am to 11.30am |
| Moree | Woolworths Moree | 215 Balo Street | Thursday, 3 June from 3.30pm to 4.30pm |
The confirmed case travelled through regional NSW while potentially infectious from 1 June to 5 June.
The case drove from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, stopping at places in Gillenbah, Forbes, Dubbo and Moree and signed in to several venues using QR codes. The following venues were contained in a public health alert issues earlier this evening.
Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed must immediately get tested and isolate until you receive further information from NSW Health:
| Suburb | Venue | Address | Date and time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillenbah | Caltex Narrandera | 1 Newell Highway | Tuesday, 1 June from 10.30 am to 11.00am |
| Forbes | Vandenberg Hotel | 7 Court Street | Tuesday, 1 June from 6.00pm to 10.00pm |
| Forbes | Brew Coffee Bar | 1/99 Lachlan Street | Wednesday, 2 June from 7.00am to 10.00am |
| Dubbo | CSC – Church Street Cafe | 15 Church Street | Wednesday, 2 June from 11.30am to 2.30pm |
| Dubbo | Reading Cinemas Dubbo | 49 Macquarie Street | Wednesday, 2 June from 6.00pm to 10.00pm |
| Dubbo | Homestead Motel | 101 Cobra Street | From Wednesday, 2 June at 12.00pm to Thursday, 3 June at 10.00am |
| Moree | Gwydir Carpark/Motel & Thermal Pools | 4 Amaroo Drive | From Thursday, 3 June at 1.45pmAll day Friday, 4 June to Saturday, 5 June at 7.30am |
| Moree | Cafe Omega | 145 Balo Street | Thursday, 3 June from 1.30pm to 4.30pm |
| Moree | Cafe Omega | 145 Balo Street | Friday, 4 June from 7.00am to 9.30am |
| Moree | Cafe Omega | 145 Balo Street | Friday, 4 June from 11.50am to 2.00pm |
| Moree | Amaroo Tavern | Amaroo Drive | Friday, 4 June from 4.30pm to 11.00pm |
NSW Health is continuing to investigate the movements of this case in regional New South Wales, and this list of venues and times will be updated.
Anyone who lives in or has visited these areas since 1 June, is asked to be especially vigilant for the onset of even the mildest of cold-like symptoms, and is urged to come forward for testing immediately if they appear, then isolate until a negative result is received.
NSW Health will be providing pop-up clinics and extended hours at existing clinics to support increased testing for the communities in these areas. Further information will be available soon.
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