CONTACT tracing has revealed one of Queanbeyan’s two positive COVID-19 cases visited Woolworths and Amcal Pharmacy in Queanbeyan between 9am and 11.30am on August 16.
A Southern NSW Local Health District (SNSWLHD) spokesperson says anyone who was at the stores during these times is considered a casual contact and should get tested for COVID-19 and isolate until a negative test result is confirmed.
The spokesperson said they are working in close partnership with ACT Public Health to ensure fast and effective contact tracing and the quick notification process between the two jurisdictions allowed a rapid response to be completed as soon as the positive test result was received.
Additional testing capacity has been set up in Queanbeyan including mobile swabbing for directly notified close contacts.
SNSWLHD is urging anyone feeling unwell – even with the mildest of symptoms such as a runny nose, scratchy or sore throat, cough, fever, shortness of breath, headache, tiredness, loss of taste or smell, nausea, diarrhoea or muscle aches – to self-isolate and get tested.
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