After a record-high day of Covid cases, Sydney has been hit with a new list of exposure sites right across the city, including a Barbecue Galore store, Bunnings Warehouse and multiple McDonald's restaurants.
Many of the city's most popular venues in west and south-west Sydney - including a Bupa Dental store, Chemist Warehouse, KFC, Chemistworks, 7-Eleven, Woolworths and Oporto - have made it onto NSW Health's latest list of Covid sites, published on Saturday evening.
Residents who visited Direct Trade in Merrylands on Saturday July 3 between 2.20pm and 2.50pm, Freshness 4 Less in Fairfield the following day between 12 and 1pm, and Benedict Recycling in Chipping Norton on Monday July 5 from 10.50am to 12pm are a close contact of a known case and will need to isolate for 14 days after getting tested.
After a record-high day of Covid cases, Sydney has been hit with a new list of exposure sites right across the city
A Bunnings Warehouse at Padstow was listed as an exposure site for Sunday July 4
Meanwhile a Barbecues Galore at Penrith was listed and anyone who visited on Tuesday July 6 between 3 to 3.15pm is considered a close contact
The same rules apply for residents who walked into a Barbecues Galore on Tuesday July 6 in Penrith from 3 to 3.15pm, the Butcher Shed in Moorebank Shopping Centre on the same day from 1pm until 1.15pm, Bupa Dental in Miranda on Wednesday July 7 from 10.50am to 12.10pm and Chemist Warehouse in Punchbowl on Thursday July 8 from 9.20am to 9.40am.
A further 22 venues were listed on the government's Twitter page in suburbs including Coogee, Maroubra, Padstow, Sans Souci, Menai and Revesby, cementing the state's worst fears - many of our favourite retailers have been affected right across the city and its surrounding suburbs.
One of Sydney's most popular shopping centres was put on alert earlier in the day after a confirmed Covid-19 case visited several of its stores.
Locations around Sydney are baren and Liverpool is no different, as only one man was seen out on this street walking with a mask on
This Liverpool store owner said he had no customers all day, as people follow the lockdown conditions applied to Sydney by the NSW Government
A Liverpool market was also completely abandoned as Police launch a high visibility operation across south-west Sydney
Broadway Sydney revealed an infected shopper had visited the centre's Kmart, JB Hi Fi, Coles, Aldi, Harvey Norman and Liquorland stores on Thursday, July 8 between 12pm to 2pm.
Anyone who visited the centre as a whole during those times has been urged to get tested if symptoms appear and isolate until a negative result.
'NSW Health has advised that the customer was diligent in wearing a mask and checking in at all locations and we thank all of our customers who continue to do this to assist NSW Health in their contact tracing efforts,' the centre said.
McDonald's at Sans Souci was announced as an exposure site on Saturday evening after Sydney recorded 50 new Covid cases
Chemist Warehouse in Punchbowl, below an Anytime Fitness, is an exposure site on Thursday July 8
Broadway Sydney revealed an infected shopper had visited the centre's Kmart, JB Hi Fi, Coles, ALDI, Harvey Norman and Liquorland stores on July 8 between 12pm to 2pm
Among the stores visited by the infected case include the Aldi at Broadway Sydney Shopping Centre
The infected shopper also stopped by the Jb Hi Fi store at Broadway on July 8
'The Centre undergoes a full deep clean each night as part of our regular cleaning regime introduced at the onset of the pandemic to assist in protecting our community and will undertake additional measures following the confirmation of a contact.'
New South Wales recorded 50 new coronavirus cases on Saturday following
