Public Health Alert – Multiple new venues of concern in Auburn, updated Auburn Central health advice – Wednesday, 30 June 2021

NSW Health has been notified of a number of new venues and transport routes of concern associated with confirmed cases of COVID-19 – including new venues of concern in Auburn and updated advice for Auburn Central.

A full list of venues of concern in western Sydney can be found here.

Anyone who attended any of the following venues at the times listed is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result, and call 1800 943 553 unless they have already been contacted by NSW Health:

SydneyH&M (Glasshouse Building)135 King StMonday 21 June 10.45am to 11.45am
DaceyvilleUNSW Judo Club, PCYC Eastern Suburbs – staff and participants involved in judo, and staff at reception26A Bunnerong RoadWednesday 23 June 5.00pm to 8.00pm
MaroubraFitness First737 Anzac ParadeThursday 24 June 8.40am to 9.10am
BankstownCrunch FitnessLevel 3, Bankstown Central Shopping Centre, Rickard RoadThursday 24 June 8.00pm to 9.45pm
EarlwoodNieo’s Grille212-214 William StreetFriday 25 June 7.00pm to 7.15pm
BurwoodBurwood Hotel121-123 Burwood RoadFriday 25 June 11:25pm to Saturday 26 June 1.30am

Anyone who attended 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 isolate and get tested if they develop:

ZetlandEast Village Shopping Centre4 Defries AvenueMonday 21 June 6.30pm to 7.30pm Thursday 24 June 6.10pm to 7.40pm
EastgardensBig WWestfield Eastgardens, 152 Bunnerong RoadWednesday 23 June 11.30am to 11.40am
DaceyvillePCYC Eastern Suburbs other staff, participants or visitors (not in judo)26A Bunnerong RoadWednesday 23 June 5.00pm to 8.00pm
EastgardensEB GamesWestfield Eastgardens, 152 Bunnerong RoadThursday 24 June 2.45pm to 03:45pm
ZetlandColesEast Village Shopping Centre O’Dea AvenueThursday 24 June 7:20pm to 7.40pm
BankstownBankstown Central Shopping CentreNorth TerraceThursday 24 June 8:00pm to 9.45pm
BankstownBomboniere Factory4/42 Canterbury RoadFriday 25 June 10.30am to 11.30am
MascotCignall Tobacconist8/8 Bourke StreetFriday 25 June 10.50am to 11.20am
HillsdaleBunnings Eastgardens140-148 Denison StreetFriday 25 June 4.00pm to 4.30pm
Rose BayChemist Warehouse15 Dover RoadSaturday 26 June 11.20am to 11.45am
AuburnWoolworthsAuburn Central cnr Queen Street and Harrow RoadMonday 28 June 10.30am to 11.10am
AuburnSunshine FruitAuburn Central cnr Queen Street and Harrow RoadMonday 28 June 11.05am to 11.25am
AuburnAuburn ChickensAuburn Central cnr Queen Street and Harrow RoadMonday 28 June 11.20am to 11.30am
AuburnAuburn Central PharmacyAuburn Central cnr Queen Street and Harrow RoadMonday 28 June
10.15am to 10.35am

Anyone who attended the following venue at the time listed must monitor for symptoms, and if they appear, immediately get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received. Please continue to monitor for symptoms and immediately isolate and get tested if they develop:

AuburnAuburn Central – all other areas apart from Woolworths, Sunshine Fruit, Auburn Chickens and Auburn Central Pharmacycnr Queen Street and Harrow RoadMonday 28 June 10.00am to 11.30am

Public transport routes

Anyone who travelled on any of the following buses at the times listed is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result, and call 1800 943 553 unless they have already been contacted by NSW Health:

353 BusFrom Malabar Road at Mermaid, South Coogee To Westfield EastgardensThursday 24 June Departed 3.01pm Arrived 3.10pm
400 BusFrom Westfield Eastgardens To Anzac Parade near Boyce Road, MaroubraThursday 24 June Departed 3.28pm Arrived 3.36pm
353 BusFrom Anzac Parade at Garden Lane, Maroubra To Malabar Road at Mermaid, South CoogeeFriday 25 June Departed 4.10pm Arrived 4.21pm  
800 BusFrom Fairfield Station, Stand A To Fairfield Hospital, Prairie Vale Road, PrairiewoodFriday 25 June Departed 12.57pm Arrived 1.19pm
817 BusFrom Prairie Vale Rd opp Fairfield Hospital, Prairiewood To Fairfield Station, Stand FFriday 25 June Departed 9.46pm Arrived 10.04pm
377 BusBelmore Rd at Avoca Street, Randwick To Malabar Rd at Mermaid, South CoogeeMonday 28 June Departed 4.25pm Arrived 4.35pm  

Anyone who travelled on any the following trains at the listed times 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 isolate and get tested if they develop:

T2 Inner West & Leppington LineFrom Flemington To LidcombeFriday 25 June Departed 11.59am Arrived 12.01pm
T2 Inner West & Leppington LineFrom Lidcombe To FairfieldFriday 25 June Departed 12.31pm Arrived 12.51pm
T2 Inner West & Leppington LineFrom Fairfield To LidcombeFriday 25 June Departed 10.07pm Arrived 10.25pm
T2 Inner West & Leppington LineFrom Lidcombe To CentralSaturday 26 June Departed 1.17pm Arrived 1.36pm
T1 North Shore & Western LineFrom Central To St LeonardsSaturday 26 June Departed 1.38pm Arrived 1.57pm

Please check the NSW Government website regularly, as the list of venues of concern and relevant health advice are being updated as investigations continue.

Sewage detections in western Sydney

NSW Health has been notified that fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been detected in the sewerage systems at Liverpool, Fairfield and Penrith.

The Fairfield sewage pumping station serves about 68,000 people in suburbs including Canley Vale, Fairfield Heights, Carramar, Woodpark, Guildford West, Smithfield, Merrylands West, Yennora, Fairfield, Wetherill Park, Fairfield West, Prairiewood, Bossley Park, Bass Hill, Chester Hill, Old Guildford, Guildford, Greystanes, Fairfield East, Villawood, Prospect, Lansdowne, Pemulwuy, Cecil Hills, Kemps Creek, Cecil Park, Mount Vernon, Horsley Park and Abbotsbury.

The Liverpool sewage treatment plant serves about 75,000 people from suburbs including East Hills, Panania, Voyager Point, Chipping Norton, Warwick Farm, Lurnea, Cartwright, Wattle Grove, Moorebank, Liverpool, Hammondville, Casula, Milperra, Pleasure Point, Holsworthy and Prestons. This catchment includes the Ireland Park sewage network, where virus fragments have been detected recently.

The Penrith sewage treatment plant covers about 97,000 people in suburbs including Cambridge Gardens, Cambridge Park, Leonay, Emu Plains, Glenbrook, Penrith, South Penrith, Glenmore Park, Jamisontown, Regentville, Lapstone, Orchard Hills, Kingswood, Castlereagh, Cranebrook, Llandilo, Sun Valley, Mount Riverview, Emu Heights, Jordan Springs, Mulgoa, Warrimoo, Blaxland and Yellow Rock, as well as the Blue Mountains National Park. This is the first recent detection for this area.

NSW Health is aware of people recently diagnosed with COVID-19 who are isolating in these areas. Nevertheless, residents are asked to be especially vigilant for any symptoms that could signal COVID-19, and if they appear, to get tested and isolate immediately.

Get tested

We have extended hours and opened more clinics across western Sydney including in Auburn, Castle Hill, Rouse Hill, West Pennant Hills, Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills, Merrylands, Seven Hills and Parramatta to support the community to get tested.

Opening hours, locations and details are available on the NSW Government website or by contacting your GP.

A new COVID-19 Walk-through Testing Clinic has been established at Auburn Central Town Square.

It will operate 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week, until further notice.

Testing is FREE and no booking or GP referral is required.

Arabic, Dari, and Chinese interpreters are on site at this clinic.

There are over 30 testing clinics in western Sydney and 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.

Stay-at-home orders and restrictions

Stay-at-home orders are now in effect across all Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour.

Until 11.59pm on Friday 9 July, everyone in Greater Sydney must stay at home, unless it is for an essential reason such as:

  • shopping for food or other essential goods and services;
  • compassionate needs or medical care, including being vaccinated for COVID‑19 (unless you have been identified as a close contact);
  • exercise outdoors in groups of 10 or fewer;
  • essential work or education, where you cannot work or study from home.

People who have been in the Greater Sydney region (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour) on or after Monday 21 June must follow the stay-at-home orders for a period of 14 days after leaving Greater Sydney.