The planned news conference will reveal whether Sydney’s coronavirus outbreak has spread further after an eastern suburbs couple tested positive and sent health officials on a wild scramble to map their movements. But Ms Berejiklian has already given a hint as to what the day might bring. She gave interviews to two morning television shows on Friday. “Obviously we give our updates 11am and suffice to say very I’m pleased with where things are at,” Ms Berejiklian told Channel 7’s Sunrise program.“I’m pleased with the way the community has responded, I’m please with what (NSW) Health is doing. “We’ll be able to confirm everything at 11am but suffice to say I am pleased with how the situation is unfolding.”She said she preferred to wait to give a proper update until 11am because things might change before then. NSW Health tallies coronavirus statistics by 24-hour periods that end at 8pm on the night before each announcement. But sometimes when there have been community cases confirmed after that cut-off, authorities have announced them ahead of time. Ms Berejiklian said despite the “pleasing” outcome, officials are still worried that there is at least one person in the community who has the virus and might be spreading it. While officials have been able to figure out that the eastern suburbs couple were infected with the same virus as a returned traveller from the US, they don’t know who could have been the conduit between them. The so-called missing link is one of the government’s greatest worries at the moment. “It’s a mystery at the moment. We don’t know who it is. It could be more than one person, it could be a worker that has passed it onto someone else, who has passed it onto someone else,” Ms Berejiklian said. Health authorities have given themselves 72 hours to find the missing link between a man from the eastern suburbs in his 50s, diagnosed on Wednesday, and a returned traveller from the US before harsh restrictions imposed on the state in a bid to control the outbreak expire.The new restrictions on bars, indoor gatherings and aged care facilities were brought in on Thursday afternoon, after the man and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus – marking the state’s first cases of local transmission in more than a month.Residents were told they were required to adhere to the following public health guidelines until midnight on Monday:No more than 20 people allowed inside a home.No singing or dancing in indoor venues, including places of worship and entertainment venues – the exception is weddings.Masks will be compulsory at all indoor venues, including public transport.Only two visitors allowed per resident in aged care facilities.Drinking while standing up at indoor venues will not be allowedHealth officials have also added to a growing list of “venues of concern” where they believe people could have been exposed to the risk of the virus.The Haymarket restaurant XOPP was the latest to be added to the list on Thursday night, and anyone who was there between 1.30pm and 2.30pm on April 28 has been urged to get tested.
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