Watch the latest in New South Wales’ coronavirus response in the video above By August 8, 10 more cases were linked to the Apollo restaurant cluster, including six restaurant attendees and four household contacts of restaurant attendees. The daily COVID-19 case counts have eased in recent days. One of the cases is a staff member. NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant indicated she suspected a link between the two clusters several weeks ago but was waiting on the results of the genomic sequencing to confirm it. But all NSW clusters linked to Victoria's second wave were dwarfed by the Ruby Princess cluster of 712 passengers, 202 crew and 62 other people — secondary and tertiary cases who never set foot on board the ship. "While it is likely that the staff member was infected at the restaurant the source of her infection remains unknown," NSW Health's surveillance report said. The Thai Rock Restaurant in Potts Point first came on the radar of contact tracers when a person in central Sydney tested positive for COVID-19 on July 22 but had no contact with any other known cases of clusters at the time. All three new cases are linked to a cluster at the Smile Buffalo Thai restaurant in Black Rock, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections linked to the restaurant to 21. For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage. If you are directed to isolate, you must remain in isolation for a full 14 days even if your initial test is negative. Deputy Chief Health Officer Allen Cheng said 13 of the cases dined at the restaurant … Anyone who develops COVID-19 symptoms should also be retested, even if they have had a negative result previously. coronavirus; Thai Rock restaurant in Potts Point now has confirmed COVID-19 case. Victorian health authorities are confident the Black Rock coronavirus cluster is on a "very positive trajectory". The Thai Rock Potts Point has the same owners as Thai Rock Wetherill Park, which has now been linked to 67 cases of COVID, but investigations to date have not identified links between cases at the two sites. Fourteen new cases overall were confirmed in the 24 hours to 8:00pm on Saturday, including four cases relating to church and funeral services between July 16 and 19 in south-west Sydney which were reported on Saturday. Another five days after this case was identified, a staff member at Apollo Restaurant, 600 metres up the road, tested positive. The combined tally is more than twice the size of NSW's second-largest cluster, linked to funerals held in the Bankstown area in July (73 cases), and 20 cases shy of tripling the Crossroads Hotel cluster (58 cases). Department of Health and Human Services testing commander Jeroen Weimar said a group of 12 had dined at the Smile Buffalo Thai Black Rock and “infected each other” before transmitting the virus to the rest of the community. * Smile Buffalo Thai restaurant, Black Rock, December 21 * Cape SchankNational Golf Club, The Cups Drive, December 30, 11.40am-1.30pm * DovetonHoly Family Parish Doveton Catholic, December 26, 4-6pm * Fountain Gate Shopping CentreKmart, Big W, Target, Millers, King of Gifts, Lo Costa, December 26, 9-11am Following media alerts urging staff and attendees of both restaurants to get tested, a couple who had eaten at Thai Rock on July 17 and Apollo on July 22 was identified as the link between the venues. Of today’s 16 new cases, 11 were linked to that cluster, including one man in his 60s from Hunter New England, a close contact of that case. There are currently 99 cases being treated by NSW Health, with four people in intensive care. Another Thai Rock restaurant is now embroiled in NSW’s second wave of COVID … Victoria’s Covid response commander, Jeroen Weimar, said contact tracers had established two separate groups of people who sat near each other at a Thai restaurant in Black Rock … As of Monday, 24 cases were directly linked to the outbreak - all connected to the Buffalo Smile Thai restaurant in bayside Melbourne and linked back to a cluster in NSW. The coronavirus cluster on Sydney's northern beaches has grown to 83 cases, as record numbers of people come forward for testing in NSW. Four Sydney children have been diagnosed with COVID-19, with three schools now closed for cleaning. The Thai restaurant, in Stockland Wetherill Park, closed last week after a number of cases were identified there. Ten of the 13 new coronavirus cases in NSW today are linked to a growing cluster at the Thai Rock restaurant at Stocklands Mall in Wetherill Park, in Sydney's west. In Port Macquarie, one pub and two restaurants were each fined $1,000 for breaking the rules after a police check on 19 venues. The schools are Cerdon College in Merrylands, the Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School in Bossley Park and Freeman Catholic College in Bonnyrigg Heights. Anyone who went to the restaurant for less than two hours during the July dates has been urged to monitor for symptoms and self-isolate and seek testing if they appear. VICTORIA'S LATEST COVID-19 SUMMARY: * Sixty days without community transmission of coronavirus ended on Wednesday, with three new cases * Another five … Another man, 63, was arrested and charged on Saturday after entering NSW from Victoria without a permit. The revelation follows an investigation into a person who developed COVID-19 after dining there on Friday, July 17. A second Sydney Thai Rock restaurant has closed for deep cleaning after a worker tested positive to the coronavirus. NSW Health on Friday confirmed three cases of COVID-19 had been linked to the Thai Rock restaurant at Stockland Mall, Wetherill Park. The two main areas of concern are the Smile Buffalo Thai Café in Black Rock on December 21 and Holy Family parish church in Doveton particularly on December 26. LIVE UPDATES: Read our blog for the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight cases from the cluster have also been linked to three schools, which have been closed for cleaning. Two new coronavirus cases have been recorded this afternoon, in a pair that travelled to NSW after dining at the Smile Buffalo Thai restaurant in Black Rock. NSW Health is continuing to appeal for anyone who attended services to immediately self-isolate and get tested regardless of symptoms. Testing in the area is available at Fairfield Hospital and a drive-through clinic at the Fisher Street carpark in Cabramatta. 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The Wetherill Park cluster was first identified when a staff member and a diner both tested positive for the COVID-19 virus SARS-CoV-2 and both had attended the restaurant during their incubation period. * Smile Buffalo Thai restaurant, Black Rock, December 21 * Cape SchankNational Golf Club, The Cups Drive, December 30, 11.40am-1.30pm * DovetonHoly Family Parish Doveton Catholic, December 26, 4-6pm There have been no new cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel in Casula, which has been linked to 56 cases to date. There were 25,139 tests done in the last reporting period. Three of the other reported new cases are returned travellers in hotel quarantine and another remains under investigation. Just how the virus spread from the Wetherill Park restaurant to its Potts Point counterpart is still unknown. NSW recorded 19 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the Crossroads Hotel cluster in Casula in south-west Sydney grew to 56 cases and the outbreak linked to the Thai Rock in Wetherill Park in Sydney's west increased to 46. A woman in her 30s from south-west Sydney worked at the restaurant over those dates before testing positive. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), Live: Greater Brisbane residents 'to be rewarded for their sacrifice' with end to lockdown, Brisbane lockdown to be lifted but some restrictions to remain, Live: Australia hunting wickets on final day to win SCG Test, Alleged abuse of Mohammed Siraj is Australia's embarrassment, Kohli calls for 'strict' action against any supporter found to have made racial slurs. New South Wales recorded 14 new Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday, including six cases associated with the Thai Rock Wetherill Park restaurant cluster, with two of … Two of Sydney's mystery COVID-19 clusters are in fact one supercluster, with NSW Health confirming the Thai Rock Restaurant outbreaks are genomically linked. NSW has reported 3,479 confirmed cases and 51 deaths. BANGKOK. Gabba Test to go ahead as planned after India agrees to Brisbane travel, Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crash places Indonesia's aviation safety under fresh spotlight, They built their own town when no-one else wanted them. NSW health has issued public health warning for Potts Point following a cluster of coronavirus cases linked to The Apollo and Thai Rock restaurants. The cases are linked to the Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park in the city's south-west, which is linked to dozens of cases, and an outbreak at Our Lady of Lebanon church. The two Thai Rock restaurant clusters are now considered to be a supercluster. As officials track and trace the infection, they discovered that the shopper had visited a clothing store, a Thai restaurant, a fast food outlet. The Thai Rock restaurants cluster is NSW's biggest since Victoria's hotel quarantine breaches foisted a second wave upon both states. The combined tally is more than twice the size of NSW's second-largest cluster, linked to funerals held in the Bankstown area in July (73 cases), and 20 cases shy of tripling the Crossroads Hotel cluster (58 cases). The two Thai Rock restaurant clusters are now considered to be a supercluster.Credit:Louie Douvis. Up to 200 people attended the party, but most fled once police arrived. Four of the cases are locally acquired and six are in hotel quarantine. On Tuesday, NSW recorded three new cases - one in hotel quarantine and two locally acquired, including one whose source is under investigation. 20 years on, the owner wants the land back, Five years on and much-hyped 'city deals' haven't lost lustre despite funding problems and delays, For some MPs, the tyranny of distance is taking a heavy toll at home. Police are investigating reports people linked to the Thai Rock Wetherill Park COVID-19 cluster were not self-isolating as required. The Oxford vaccine is now available. Follow our live coverage for the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic. One of Bangkok’s swishest shopping centres, Emquartier, adjacent to the Phrom Phong BTS station, has been closed due to the discovery of a Covid-19 infection from one of its customers. The latest NSW COVID-19 surveillance report reveals whole-genome sequencing of the Thai Rock Potts Point cases "cluster with cases from Thai Rock Wetherill Park". Kate Aubusson is Health Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. A Thai restaurant in Sydney's Potts Point has been closed for cleaning after a staff member tested positive to coronavirus, according to NSW Health. The department has issued a warning that anyone who attended the Thai Rock restaurant at Potts Point for more than two hours between Wednesday, July 15 and Saturday, July 25 needs to immediately self-isolate for 14 days and get tested. Victoria records three new coronavirus cases linked to a Thai restaurant as emergency restrictions are put on New Year's Eve partygoers - and health chiefs are … NSW Health is directing everyone who attended the Thai Rock restaurant in Stockland Mall Wetherill Park on 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14 July to immediately be tested and self-isolate for 14 days, regardless of symptoms. The virus had ample opportunity to spread when the teammates car-pooled to practice, as well as within their own households. 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