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‘Get tested immediately’: Woolworths shoppers on alert

Shoppers at a Woolworths in western Sydney have been put on alert. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Thousands of shoppers at a Woolworths in Sydney’s west have been urged to get tested for COVID-19 as the list of potential exposure dates was expanded to cover a 11-day period.

Anyone who visited the Berala store at all between December 20 and 31 have been told to get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result.

“And please continue to monitor for symptoms. If they appear, get tested again,” NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said this morning.

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NSW Health issued the latest alert as case numbers linked to the Berala cluster continue to grow.

Meanwhile, anyone who was in the gaming area for an hour or more at the Earlwood Bardwell Park RSL between 8.52pm and 11.30pm on December 28 is considered a close contact.

They must get tested and self-isolate for 14 days regardless of the result.

NSW recorded five new cases on Tuesday – four up to the overnight cut-off and one this morning.

Meanwhile, a hairdressers and cinema are among the latest venues to be added as hot spots in NSW after also being visited by a positive case.

Anyone who attended the 10.10am screening of “The Croods: A New Age” on December 30 at Reading Cinema in Auburn is considered a close contact and must isolate for 14 days and get tested.

Woolworths shoppers told to get tested. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi
Woolworths shoppers told to get tested. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

NSW Health said anyone else at the cinema during this time was a casual contact and should get tested.

OKS Beauty and Hair in Lidcombe was also visited by a positive case, NSW Health said.

Customers at the businesses between 10.30am and 12pm on December 31 are being urged to get tested and isolate.

A full list of venues is available on the NSW Health website.

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