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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Toby Vue

Exposure sites record five new contacts from Sydney-Canberra trips

Five new records of casual COVID contacts associated with Sydney-Canberra coaches and one train have now been added to the ACT exposure sites on Christmas Day.

ACT Health updated its website about 6pm on Saturday to also include 16 other new casual contact sites, including two at The Basement, which was already listed previously as having four contacts, including two close ones.

As of 10am on Boxing Day, the Nicholls testing clinic has been closed for the day while the other three - Kambah, Mitchell and Garran - are at capacity.

"We are experiencing high demand for testing. Please do not queue on the roads," ACT Health website states.

The new sites come as the territory recorded 71 new cases on Boxing Day.

New casual exposure records

Belconnen

The Basement:

  • 11am-6pm, December 20
  • 8.30am-11.30am, December 21

Braddon

Swan and King:

  • 6pm-6.30pm, December 19
  • 7pm-11.59pm, December 19
  • 12am-12.40am, December 20

Hopscotch:

  • 12.20am-2am, December 20

Canberra City

88mph:

  • 9.30pm-11.59pm, December 22
  • 12am-12.45am, December 23

Amici Wine Bar & Deli:

  • 5pm-7.30pm, December 19

Fiction Club:

  • 2pm-4pm, December 20

Mooseheads:

  • 12.01am-4.30am, December 19
  • 1am-1.30am, December 21

Murrays Coaches - Sydney to Canberra (65-67 Northbourne Avenue):

  • 3.20pm-7pm, December 16
  • 3pm-6pm, December 20
  • 5pm-8pm, December 20
  • 7pm-10.30pm, December 20

Fyshwick

Capital Brewing Co.:

  • 6.15pm-8.15pm, December 18

Gungahlin

Cornerstone Pub Gungahlin (Cheerleading Christmas Party) at Eastlake Football Club, 51 Hinder Street :

  • 7.30pm-9.30pm, December 17

Kingston

NSW TrainLink - Train from Sydney to Canberra (Canberra Railway Station, Wentworth Avenue, Burke Crescent):

  • 5.45pm-9.40pm, December 19

Mitchell

Spit Shack:

  • 12am-1am, December 18

Yarralumla

Embassy of Indonesia (Cultural Event)

  • 10.30am-10pm, December 18
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