Page 1820 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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in advising Canberrans who had travelled recently of the need to check updated information on COVID-19 areas of concern and follow the relevant public health advice. Fortunately, no further transmission from this trip through New South Wales was detected.
Over the past week, the New South Wales government has identified several new positive COVID-19 cases, some with multiple exposure locations, in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, and one in the Baulkham Hills area of Sydney, which has a link with the ACT. This case visited Canberra on the public holiday of Monday, 14 June, when he attended the National Gallery of Australia’s Botticelli to Van Gogh exhibition and exhibition gift shop between 12 noon and 1.45 pm. Anyone who attended this location between these specific times must complete the declaration form on the ACT Health website, get tested for COVID-19 and quarantine for 14 days, even if they receive a negative result.
The positive case also visited the Via Dolce Pasticceria in Civic between 2.45 and 3.15 pm on 14 June. Anyone who attended this location between these specific times must also complete a declaration form, get tested for COVID-19 and isolate until they receive a negative result. They should also continue to monitor for symptoms and get retested if they experience even the mildest symptoms.
While initial test results for this individual showed low levels of COVID-19, and repeat testing failed to confirm that this is a case, we are following New South Wales Health’s lead and taking a highly precautionary approach in responding to these exposure locations. Extra staff are being rostered on at existing ACT testing clinics, and we will continue to monitor demand and respond as needed. I encourage everyone to stay up to date by checking the ACT COVID-19 website regularly, as the list of exposure locations will likely be updated as our investigations continue.
I would like to thank the National Gallery of Australia and the owners of Via Dolce for working so positively with ACT Health over the past several days. ACT Health continues to remind anyone travelling to another jurisdiction to abide by all public health restrictions put in place by that jurisdiction. All travellers should be prepared to change their travel plans at short notice. The situation can change quickly, and travellers should be prepared to follow all ACT public health instructions upon their return.
This is also an important reminder to check in to any venue where this is required or where the venue manager has chosen to adopt a check-in process—both in the ACT and in any other jurisdiction people may be travelling to.
Throughout this period the regular, weekly wastewater testing managed by ACT Health as part of our routine COVID-19 surveillance has not detected any fragments of COVID-19. This provides reassurance to our public health officials and our community that COVID-19 is not circulating undetected in our community and confirms the ongoing COVID-safe behaviour demonstrated by the Canberra community.
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