NSW Health has issued further advice following the identification of a COVID-19 hotspot in the Northern Beaches local government area on Thursday 18 December 2020.
NSW Health advice is as follows:
- Under yesterday's Public Health Order, all residents of the Northern Beaches local government area are required to stay at home, unless permitted to leave for certain reasons. Acceptable reasons for leaving home include shopping for food and other essential goods and services; travelling to work or an educational institution if working or studying from home is not possible; exercising; seeking medical care; providing carer's responsibilities and meeting compassionate needs. It is strongly recommended masks are worn when leaving isolation for these permitted reasons.
- Any residents of the Northern Beaches local government area who left the area on or since Thursday 10 December 2020 must comply with the same restrictions that apply to the Northern Beaches, regardless of their current location.
- People in the Greater Sydney area, including the Central Coast, Illawarra Shoalhaven and Nepean Blue Mountains regions, are also urged not to visit residential aged care facilities, disability services or vulnerable people unless it is critical. This advice will be re-assessed on Wednesday 23 December.
NSW Health is urging anyone in NSW with even the mildest symptoms, such as headache, fatigue, cough, sore throat or runny nose, is asked to come forward immediately for testing, then isolate until a negative result is received.
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