Some Northern Beaches aged care homes to be closed following new COVID-19 cases
A number of aged care homes on Sydney's Northern Beaches will be closed to visitors while health authorities scramble to determine the source of four new COVID-19 infections.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced some sites will be closed as they track the new cases.
More details will be announced this afternoon.
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Large queues at Mona Vale COVID clinic after two cases appeared in Avalon. Nick Moir
One of the positive cases is a man from Frenchs Forest who is in a band and played at multiple venues while infectious, including in Penrith in Sydney's west.
The second is an aged care worker who works at Pittwater Palms, a retirement village in Avalon.
"NSW Health will be issuing a directive to certain aged care facilities on the Northern Beach to recommend no visitors until we identify the source of the inflection and feel more confident we have it under control," Ms Berejiklian said.
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Large queues at Mona Vale COVID clinic after two cases appeared in Avalon. Nick Moir
NSW Health is setting up additional testing sites at Warringah Aquatic Centre as well as at locations in Avalon and Frenchs Forest.
Anyone living on the Northern Beaches has been advised to monitor closely for symptoms and get tested for the virus.
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