Health authorities remain on high alert after NSW recorded another five new cases of COVID-19 up to 8pm Saturday, including one community infection.
Four of the cases diagnosed were returned travellers in hotel quarantine.
The one locally acquired case has been linked to the Great Beginnings Childcare Centre in Oran Park, which has been identified as the source of six infections so far.
The new case of community transmission is a close contact to another diagnosis announced on Saturday.
There are now 19 confirmed cases in the Oran Park community, with Oran Park High School closed for cleaning this weekend after an infected student was identified on Friday.
“All staff and children who attended Great Beginnings Childcare Centre between 2 and 13 October are considered close contacts and must get tested immediately and self-isolate for a full 14 days from when they last attended,” NSW Health said in a statement.
“They must stay isolated for their full isolation period regardless of their test result. Contact tracing and investigations are continuing.”
Great Beginnings will remain closed until October 28.
There are several alerts in place for the Macarthur region of Sydney’s southwest as NSW Health works to stem the outbreak that emerged last week.
Anyone who attended the Gregory Hills Hotel on the evening of Friday, October 9 or United Cinema at Narellan between 12.50-3pm on Saturday, November 10 is considered a potential close contact and should monitor for symptoms.
People who were at Shellharbour South Beach and Little Park on Sunday, October 11 from 12pm-4pm or Woolworths Oran Park on Monday, October 12 between 6.40-6.55pm is considered a casual contact of the Oran Park cluster.
A confirmed case also caught the 840 and 885 buses from Oran Park to Bradbury in the morning and afternoon of Wednesday, October 14.
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