NSW
Health-NNSWLHD,
media
releases,
2
October 2021:
Northern
NSW Local Health District has been notified of 12 new cases of
COVID-19.
Eight
new cases were confirmed in residents of Northern NSW Local Health
District to 8pm 1 October.
Six
cases are from Lismore, one in Kyogle and one in Casino. All cases
are linked to the Kyogle cluster.
A
further four cases were confirmed overnight, three in the Tweed area
and one in Kyogle. These four cases will be included in NSW Health’s
official reporting tomorrow.
⚠ The
total number of active cases in Northern NSW is 26.
Northern
NSW Local Health District has been notified of new venues of concern
associated with confirmed cases.
Anyone
who attended the following venues at the times listed is considered a
casual contact and must get tested and isolate until they get a
negative result.
Wollongbar
: Wollongbar Tavern, 53 Simpson Avenue, Monday, 27 September, 5:25am
to 8:00 am
If
you are directed to get tested for COVID 19 or self-isolate at any
time, you must follow the rules given to you by Health staff, whether
or not the venue or exposure setting is listed on the NSW Health
website.
Contact
tracing and investigations are continuing, and information about new
public exposure venues will be provided as soon as it is available.
❗ Sewage
surveillance has detected fragments of the COVID-19 virus in samples
taken from the South Grafton sewage treatment plant on 30 September.
This plant serves around 6,300 people. This is the fourth detection
in the past 10 days in this area.
There
are no known cases in the Grafton or Clarence Valley region, and we
strongly urge residents and visitors to be vigilant for symptoms and
please get tested as soon as they feel unwell. It’s important to
isolate while waiting for your test result, and follow the
instructions given to you by Health staff.
Sewage
surveillance has also detected fragments of the virus in samples
taken from the East and South Lismore sewage treatment plants on 29
September.
There
are active cases in the areas served by these treatment plants, and
we continue to encourage anyone in the Lismore area with even the
mildest of symptoms to get tested.
Symptoms
of COVID-19 can include a runny nose, scratchy or sore throat, cough,
fever, shortness of breath, headache, tiredness, loss of taste or
smell, nausea, diarrhoea or muscle aches.
⚠
Stay-at-home
orders remain in place for Casino and Kyogle until 11 October due to
an increased COVID-19 public health risk.
Everyone
in these areas must stay at home unless it is for an essential
reason, which includes shopping for food, medical care, getting
vaccinated, compassionate needs, exercise and work or tertiary
education if you can’t work or study at home.
There
are more than 500 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW. Find a
clinic at:
https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/health-and-wellbeing/clinics
or contact your GP.
We
encourage our community to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as
they are able to. Find available bookings at the Commonwealth
Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Finder:
https://www.health.gov.au/.../covid-19-vaccine-clinic-finder
(previously eligibility checker), or you can also call Health Direct
on 1800 571 155 for assistance to book.