New South Wales is on alert after 24 new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 were confirmed for Thursday, 17 of which are linked to previously confirmed cases.
The total number of cases since 16 June is at 195 and there are 175 cases linked to the Bondi cluster.
One of the new cases is a second nurse who works at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital and three extra wards are no on alert at the hospital.
NSW Health is investigating why a 24-year-old student nurse who tested positive for COVID-19 after working at multiple hospitals across Sydney, including the Royal North Shore was not vaccinated. Student nurses should be vaccinated, regardless of age.
More than 100 staff and patients at Fairfield Hospital have been tested after coming into contact with a positive case.
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NSW recorded 24 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, of which 17 are linked to previously confirmed cases.
Four new overseas-acquired cases were recorded in the same period- pic.twitter.com/5bcw8QBoy3— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) July 1, 2021
“We are undertaking further investigations to understand the direction of transmission,” Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said, in regards to contacts of the student nurse who contracted the virus. .
“One of her household contacts is positive and then also a close friend is also positive.”
Another health care worker has also tested positive.
