{"id":43833,"date":"2020-12-24T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T01:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?p=43833"},"modified":"2020-12-24T12:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T01:00:58","slug":"nsw-sees-9-new-locally-acquired-covid-cases-seven-are-linked-to-avalon-cluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/nsw-sees-9-new-locally-acquired-covid-cases-seven-are-linked-to-avalon-cluster\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Sees 9 New Locally Acquired COVID Cases, Seven Are Linked To Avalon Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian addressed the state with <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/nsw-records-8-new-locally-acquired-cases-of-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another COVID-19 update<\/a>, announcing 9 new locally acquired cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven of the cases are linked to the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/greater-sydney-on-high-alert-following-northern-beaches-cluster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Avalon cluster <\/a> while two cases are still under investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NSW recorded nine locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, with an additional nine cases in returned travellers in hotel quarantine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GpIF3OBT1p\">pic.twitter.com\/GpIF3OBT1p<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NSW Health (@NSWHealth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSWHealth\/status\/1341897390433861636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms Berejiklian thanked the record number of 60,184 people who got tested in the past 24-hours, however voiced concerns about infectious people who went to work in the CBD:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<em>We are concerned about people who may have been infectious who went to work in the CBD and then have passed that on to other people in the CBD and those people have then passed it on in their communities.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Kerry Chant referenced the <strong>Paragon Hotel on Loftus Street near Circular Quay and the Bondi Icebergs pool<\/strong> as venues where confirmed cases have visited.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also mentioned that one of the cases &#8211; which remains under investigation &#8211; was a CBD office worker in Hunter and Bligh Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cAnyone who has been in the north-eastern part of the city including the Australia Square, MLC Centre and Chifley Square should be alert for symptoms and isolate immediately and get tested should even the mildest symptoms develop, so that\u2019s why I am just asking anyone who has been in that area, please have a very, very low threshold for testing and please come forward immediately,\u201d she says.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Chant also revealed that all people onboard a Qantas flight from Darwin to Sydney on 17 December have been considered as close contacts and asked to self-isolate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSWHealth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NSW Health<\/a> announced that Health Testing clinics will remain open over the holidays, including Christmas Day. 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