Public Health Alert – Parramatta, Pennant Hills, Rouse Hill bus routes and Wetherill Park venue – Wednesday 23 June 2021

NSW Health has been notified of new transport routes and venues of concern associated with confirmed cases of COVID-19.

NSW Health has also been notified of detections of fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 in the state’s sewage surveillance program.

Anyone who travelled on the following bus routes at the times listed is a close contact and must immediately call NSW Health on 1800 943 553, get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result. If you have received an SMS from NSW Health, please follow the advice, and NSW Health will call you directly.

Parramatta to Pennant Hills	600 Bus	From O’Connell Street (outside Bankwest Stadium) to Pennant Hills Station	Sunday 20 June Departed 4.04pm – arrived 4.50pm
Parramatta to Rouse Hill	665 Bus	From Parramatta Station to Rouse Hill Station	Sunday 20 June Departed 7.30pm – arrived 7.56pm
Rouse Hill to Parramatta	665 Bus	From Rouse Hill Station to Parramatta Station	Sunday 20 June Departed 8.20pm – arrived 8.45pm
Parramatta to Rouse Hill	665 Bus	From Parramatta Station to Rouse Hill Station	Sunday 20 June Departed 9pm – arrived 9.26pm

Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is a close contact and must immediately call NSW Health on 1800 943 553, get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result. If you have received an SMS from NSW Health, please follow the advice, and NSW Health will call you directly.

Wetherill Park	Nandos – Stockland Wetherill Park Shopping Centre	561 – 583 Polding Street	Sunday 20 June 6pm – 7pm
Surry Hills	Lumiere Café	13/425 Bourke Street	Monday 21 June 1pm – 2pm
Redfern	Bamboo Thai	298 Chalmers Street	Monday 21 June 6.15pm – 7.10pm

NSW Health has also upgraded its health advice for the following venue. Anyone who attended at the times listed is now considered a close contact and must immediately call NSW Health on 1800 943 553, get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result. If you have received an SMS from NSW Health, please follow the advice, and NSW Health will call you directly.

Spring Farm

Woolworths

254 Richardson Road

Sunday 20 June 9.30am – 11.30am

Anyone who attended any of the following venues at the times listed is a casual contact and must immediately get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received. Please continue to monitor for symptoms and immediately get tested and isolate if they develop:

Bondi Beach	Woolworths Metro	184 Campbell Parade	Sunday 20 June 1pm – 1.30pm
Denham Court	Coles Willowdale – Willowdale Neighbourhood Centre	5 Willowdale Drive	Sunday 20 June 4.45pm – 5pm   Monday 21 June 5pm – 5.05pm
Bondi North	Ampol service station	321 Old South Head Road	Tuesday 22 June 8am – 8.10am

Please check the NSW Health website regularly, as the list of venues of concern and relevant health advice will be updated as investigations continue.

Extended testing hours in western Sydney

We have extended hours of clinics in Castle Hill and Rouse Hill to support the community to get tested.

It is best to check opening hours, locations and details through the NSW Health website as they are subject to change.

Clinic	Opening Times
Rouse Hill Drive-through Clinic 32 Worcester Road, Rouse Hill, NSW, 2155	8am – 10pm Until further notice No booking required
Castle Hill Drive-through Clinic Showground Road, Castle Hill Showground, Castle Hill, NSW, 2154 Entrance off Showground Road at the traffic lights between the intersections at Gilbert Road and Carrington Road.	8am – 10pm Until further notice No booking required
Merrylands Clinic (Merrylands Park) – Sydpath Cnr Burnett Street and Merrylands Road, Merrylands, NSW, 2160	8am – 8pm Until further notice No booking required
Seven Hills Laverty Pathology 156 Best Road, Seven Hills, NSW, 2147 Walk-in	8am – 5pm Until Saturday, 26 June 8am – 10pm on Sunday, 27 June No booking required
Castle Hill Laverty Pathology 14 Kentwell Avenue, Castle Hill, NSW, 2154 Walk-in	8am – 4:30pm Until Saturday, 26 June 8am – 10pm on Sunday, 27 June No booking required

Anyone feeling unwell, even with the mildest of symptoms to self-isolate from others and should come forward for COVID-19 testing. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore/scratchy throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, loss of taste or smell.

Other reported symptoms include fatigue, muscle pain, joint pain, headache, diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting and loss of appetite.

There are more than 300 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW, many of which are open seven days a week. To find your nearest clinic visit here or contact your GP.

To book your COVID-19 vaccination, go to www.nsw.gov.au or visit the Australian Government’s Vaccine Eligibility Checker online.

Cronulla and Bellambi sewage detection

NSW Health’s ongoing Sewage Surveillance Program has detected fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 at the Cronulla sewage treatment plant and in the Bellambi sewage network.

The Cronulla catchment serves about 233,000 people and covers suburbs including Bundeena, Caringbah South, Burraneer, Dolans Bay, Lilli Pilli, Maianbar, Port Hacking, Greenhills Beach, Woolooware, Cronulla, Caringbah, Kurnell, Botany Bay, Miranda, Royal National Park, Clifton, Coalcliff, Stanwell Park, Otford, Waterfall, Lilyvale, Helensburgh, Woronora Dam, Stanwell Tops, Caringbah South, Yarrawarrah, Grays Point, Kirrawee, Woronora Heights, Barden Ridge, Gymea Bay, Sutherland, Loftus, Bangor, Yowie Bay, Woronora, Engadine, Heathcote, Maddens Plains, Taren Point, Sylvania Waters, Caringbah, Kangaroo Point, Como, Bonnet Bay, Kirrawee, Jannali, Oyster Bay, Kareela, Woronora Heights, Barden Ridge, Gymea, Sutherland, Loftus, Bangor, Woronora, Engadine, Alfords Point, Lucas Heights, Menai, Illawong, Miranda, Sylvania, and Holsworthy.

The Bellambi catchment serves about 82,000 people and covers suburbs including Keiraville, Balgownie, Mount Pleasant, Mount Keira, Mount Ousley, West Wollongong, Gwynneville, East Corrimal, Fernhill, North Wollongong, Fairy Meadow, Towradgi, Wollongong, Woonona, Bellambi, Russell Vale, Thirroul, Bulli, Austinmer, Coledale, Corrimal, Wombarra, Scarborough, and Tarrawanna.

NSW Health is aware of recently confirmed COVID-19 cases who are in isolation in both the Cronulla and Bellambi catchments; however, we urge everyone in these areas to be especially vigilant for any cold-like symptoms. If they appear, please immediately be tested and isolate until a negative result is received.