Anyone who attended the venues on specific dates and times are casual contacts, unless contacted by NSW Health as a close contact.It means you must get tested and isolate until a negative test result is received.* Newcastle Airport – Check-in hall, security screening, departure lounge and facilities – Friday 17 September, from 2:20pm to 3:35pm* Pk’s Olde General Store, Cessnock – Saturday 11 September, from 12pm to 12:15pm* Coles Salamander Bay – Sunday 5 September, from 5:20pm to 3:50pm, Wednesday 15 September, from 8:05am to 9am* Coles The Junction – Wednesday 15 September, from 3:35pm to 5:45pm* Coles Warners Bay – Wednesday 15 September, from 5:30pm to 6pm* Coles Waratah – Wednesday 15 September, from 10am to 10:30am* Woolworths Cameron Park – Sunday 12 September, from 4:40pm to 5:35pm* Woolworths Charlestown – Thursday 9 September, from 11:40am to 12pm , Friday 10 September, from 9am to 9:15am, Saturday 11 September, from 11am to 11:25am* Woolworths Glendale – Friday 10 September, from 5:05pm to 4pm, Saturday 11 September, from 5:05pm to 5:20pm, Tuesday 14 September, from 4:35pm to 4:55pm* Woolworths Morisset – Wednesday 15 September, from 1:50pm to 2:25pmA complete list of exposure sites can be found on the NSW Health website: https://bit.ly/NSW_CaseLocationsMonday, September 20The Hunter has recorded 23 new Covid cases with half of those from the Newcastle local government area.The cases were at Shortland, Newcastle East, Elermore Vale, Wallsend, Bar Beach, Waratah, Birmingham Gardens, Carrington, Morisset, Edgeworth, Arcadia Vale, Toronto, Dora Creek, Rutherford, East Maitland, Thornton and Tanilba Bay.A case was also reported at Tamworth, meaning a total of 24 cases were recorded across the health district.“Now is not the time to live with Covid,” Hunter New England Health public health physician Dr David Durrheim said.“Now is the time to make sure that we are as well prepared for Covid when it begins to spread widely in our community.“What we are doing is making sure we suppress, find every case as soon as possible and try to halt any further spread.”Dr Durrheim urged Hunter residents to keep testing and vaccination rates up.“This way we can make sure we actually prevent the spread while we buy time, buy precious time to give everybody in the community the chance to get two doses of vaccine,” Dr Durrheim said.“Two doses of vaccine will give us that necessary protection to allow us to live with Covid.”Seventeen of the Hunter’s cases were linked to known infections and 15 were infectious in the community. Across the region 742 close contacts are in isolation.Thirteen people are in hospital with Covid including two in intensive care.The cases take the Hunter New England Local Health District total to 485 since the Delta outbreak began on August 5. Of those, 291 remain active.Statewide, 935 new cases were recorded and four people from Sydney and Wollongong have died.
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