Messina Pizza and Pasta South Windsor a COVID-19 casual contact site

Messina Pizza and Pasta at Shop 3, 518 George Street, South Windsor is a "casual contact" site on the following dates and times:

If you visited the shop at any of those times you are a casual contact and must get tested and self-isolate until you receive a negative result.

If your date of exposure at this venue occurred in the last four days, you must get another test on day five from the date of exposure. Wear a mask around others and limit your movements until you get another negative result. You should continue to monitor for symptoms and if any symptoms occur, get tested again.

For full details go to: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/case-locations-and-alerts.aspx

The news comes as Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant called the state of the COVID-19 Delta variant spread across NSW a "national emergency" for Australia.

They called on all citizens of NSW who were eligible to think about getting vaccinated.

Go to the Federal Government's Vaccine Eligibility Checker to find out more at: https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0emHBhC1ARIsAL1QGNcJCctsvfMqntUyCxukylaTIL-g6xcs9iKdXwPsHZLCIf-nVWMKiFMaAnPZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

There are now 21 people in the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) who have been identified with NSW Health as having COVID-19.

The NBMLHD breakdown is thus: six in the Hawkesbury; 13 in Penrith with two of these from an unknown source; and two in the Blue Mountains.

From midnight yesterday (Friday), the local government areas (LGA) of Blacktown and Cumberland were put under stricter lockdown orders.

People who live in those LGAs are not allowed to leave their LGA for work unless they are an authorised worker.

People in Blacktown and Cumberland LGAs can leave home to go to work in the same LGA they live in if: the business is allowed to be open, and they cannot work from home.

Information about the rules can be found at: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules/greater-sydney?fbclid=IwAR1K9QJacQdEKqrwWneEd5qGdzNgiKs0gaEk3uEpKs3J-adIt3qjGN7uYSw

At 7am Saturday, there were 54 people in the Blacktown LGA who had been identified as positive COVID-19 cases and 22 of those were from an unknown source.

There were 15 in The Hills Shire with one of those from an unknown source.