Coronavirus Australia: Bankstown resident shares footage of Covid-infected ...

Coronavirus Australia: Bankstown resident shares footage of Covid-infected ...
Coronavirus Australia: Bankstown resident shares footage of Covid-infected ...

A Sydneysider locked inside a Covid-infected apartment block in the city's south-west has shared footage of the building under 24-hour police guard. 

More than 100 residents in the five-storey block on Devitt Street in Bankstown were plunged into isolation on Monday after several tenants tested positive to Covid-19

One of the locked-down residents shared footage of the closely-guarded complex to TikTok on Tuesday after the building was classified as a high-risk site. 

More than 100 people in the five-storey block on Devitt Street in Bankstown were plunged into isolation on Monday after several tenants tested positive to Covid-19

More than 100 people in the five-storey block on Devitt Street in Bankstown were plunged into isolation on Monday after several tenants tested positive to Covid-19

'Yesterday our apartment block got put into complete lockdown/isolation,' she says while panning over a police van parked on the street below. 

'But it looks like I'm under police guard.'

The woman said she knew of five cases of Covid that had spread throughout her block, with a mass testing operation currently underway. 

'We had NSW Health come and visit us, and testing teams come to our apartment and test us, I'm negative.'

The tenant said she woke up on Tuesday morning and spotted news crews parked outside the front of the building. 

'It's got a bit full on now, but maybe I'm going to be famous,' she joked.   

The high-risk site has been visited by nurses, pathologists, health officials and police as six cases of Covid-19 spanning across three households spread through the block

The high-risk site has been visited by nurses, pathologists, health officials and police as six cases of Covid-19 spanning across three households spread through the block

NSW Health have prioritised vaccines in the area after on-site pathologists discovered several cases in the exposure site were linked

NSW Health have prioritised vaccines in the area after on-site pathologists discovered several cases in the exposure site were linked

A statement from Western Sydney Local Health District confirmed six cases of Covid-19 had been detected in the block spanning across three households. 

'Six cases of Covid-19 have been identified in three associated households in an apartment block of 50 units in Blacktown,' the statement read.

'All residents of the building have been determined to be close contacts.'

NSW Health have prioritised vaccines in the area after on-site pathologists discovered several cases in the exposure site were linked. 

A resident of the building said everyone inside is 'so stressed' after nurses descended en masse, quickly performing

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