‘That’s where the risk is’: One in ten infected people caught COVID at work - Sydney Morning Herald

With 260 cases in NSW now under investigation, a spokesperson for NSW Health said it was “expected there will be additional direct workplace transmission events reported from within the cases in the outbreak to date.”.

NSW recorded 78 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with more than one-third of those in the community at some point during their infectious period.

Despite the number of people infectious in the community remaining stubbornly high, the mass surveillance testing of thousands of workers in the Fairfield area has tracked down positive cases that would not otherwise have been found.

“We are finding unlinked cases in other areas and that means there are chains of transmission we are yet to crack and yet to break,” said Dr Chant.

According to NSW Health’s weekly COVID-19 surveillance report released yesterday, 91 per cent of the first 610 locally acquired cases had not received a single dose of the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine.

There were six COVID-19 cases reported in healthcare workers in the week ending July 10, with only one partially vaccinated.

From 11.59pm on Tuesday, the only people that are eligible to receive a permit who are travelling from a red zone are authorised workers and people who will need to apply for a compassionate exemption.

Of the 78 locally acquired cases reported on Tuesday, the majority are from south-west Sydney

There have been 1418 locally acquired cases reported since June 16, when the first case in the Bondi cluster was reported