Woolworths stores at Raymond Terrace North and Medowie have been added to the Hunter's register of casual contact exposure sites, along with Saxby's Bakery Cafe at Salt Ash and Morning Market Coffee at Whitebridge, Hunter New England Health has advised.
Anyone who visited the Market Place Woolworths store at Raymond Terrace between 10.05am and 10.30am on Thursday, September 2, or the Medowie store on Ferodale Road between 205pm and 2.45pm on August 31, must get tested immediately and self-isolate until they receive a negative result.
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Similarly, anyone who visited Saxby's cafe on Wednesday, September 1, between 9.13am and 9.25am, or Morning Market Coffee on Dudley Road at Whitebridge between 12.35pm and 12.40pm on August 28, must also seek a test and self-isolate until they receive a negative result.
Hunter New England Health also announced further casual contact exposure sites yesterday at 7-Eleven Singleton on Wednesday between 5.45am and 5.50am, and the Pit Stop Cafe at Salt Ash on August 26 between 4.35pm and 4.40pm. Anyone who visited between these stores during the time of the exposure has been urged to seek a test and self-isolate.
Regions across the state are anticipating an update to stay-at-home orders, which are set to expire this week, though some regions are expecting to have lockdowns extended. Public health orders are slated for review when they expire on Thursday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian is expected to deliver an update on the state's COVID-19 situation later this morning.
