A healthcare worker in the emergency department at Hornsby Hospital has tested positive for COVID-19 and NSW Health are in the process of identifying members of the public who may need to self-isolate.
Anyone who visited a Bunnings store in Campbelltown this week is also being told to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms after an employee tested positive for the virus.
A healthcare worker in the emergency department at Hornsby Hospital has tested positive for COVID-19.Credit:Adam Hollingworth
The Hornsby Hospital staff member worked one shift while infectious on August 6, from 11am to midnight, a spokeswoman for the health department said.
"The staff member became unwell after their shift and immediately self-isolated and got tested for COVID-19," she said.
The person was wearing a mask while in contact with patients.
However, NSW Health is currently in the process of identifying members of the public who had contact with the healthcare worker so they can be notified, the spokeswoman said.
Other hospital staff who had contact with the person have already been identified and instructed to self-isolate for 14 days.
The healthcare worker was diagnosed with the virus on Saturday and is a household contact of another person who was also confirmed as a COVID-19 case on the same day.
"There is no impact on the services being provided by the Emergency Department," the spokeswoman said.
The Bunnings employee worked at the Campbelltown store from 11am to 7pm on August 4, from 8am to 4pm on August 5 and from 1pm to 3pm on August 6.
Anyone who visited a Bunnings store in western Sydney this week is being told to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms after an employee tested positive for the virus.Credit:Pat Scala
NSW Health said the employee was wearing a mask and practicing social distancing during the shifts but customers who visited the store during these times are urged to monitor for symptoms.
"Even if mild symptoms occur ... get tested and isolate," NSW Health said in a statement on Saturday.
Other staff members have been identified as close contacts of the employee and are self-isolating.
Bunnings chief operating officer Debbie Poole said the store "has undergone two deep cleans using disinfectants since the team member last worked in addition to the routine cleaning that occurs each day".
The store is also being cleaned a third time, she said.
It comes as NSW recorded nine new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, three of which were unknown.
Tangara School for Girls in Cherrybrook was closed for cleaning on Friday after a student was identified as one of the three new cases where the source of the infection was unknown.
A number of clusters in the state remain active, including one believed to have originated at a Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park, which has been linked to 111 cases so far, one linked to funerals in and around Bankstown, which grew to 55 cases on Saturday, and the Potts Point cluster, which has now been linked to 34 cases.
"While most cases in the past week have been associated with local clusters and close contacts with known cases, nine have not been linked to known cases, indicating that COVID-19 is circulating in the community," NSW Health said in the statement.
Pallavi Singhal is a data journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald
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