NSW has recorded 24 new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19, 17 of which are linked to previously confirmed cases.
There have now been 175 cases linked to the Bondi cluster, traced back to a limousine driver who transported an international flight crew.
The total number of cases reported since June 16 is now at 195.
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https://twitter.com/NSWHealth/status/1410403253435523075One of the new cases is a second nurse who works at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital.
Three extra wards are now on alert at the hospital, Ben Fordham reported on 2GB.
The state recorded 22 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, with Premier Gladys Berejiklian saying numbers remained "steady".
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It follows a 24-year-old student nurse testing positive for the virus after working at multiple hospitals across Sydney, including Royal North Shore.
More than 100 staff and patients at that hospital and Fairfield Hospital have been tested after coming into contact with the positive case.
"The wards that that staff member worked at have been locked down," Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said.
"NSW Health is contacting patients' families who may have visited these wards and identified close contacts of this case to advise them of any action they need to take."
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Other close contacts of a student nurse who contracted coronavirus have also tested positive to the disease.
"We are undertaking further investigations to understand the direction of transmission," Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said.
"One of her household contacts is positive and then also a close friend … is also positive."
Another health care worker has also tested positive.
Like the previous nurse, the new infection works at Royal North Shore Hospital and Fairfield Hospital.
The new case also works at Royal Ryde Rehabilitation Hospital.
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It is believed that worker had not worked while infectious.
NSW Health is investigating why the student nurse was not vaccinated. Student nurses should be, regardless of age.
The state is currently the epicentre of Australia's latest outbreak with 195 locally acquired cases reported since the beginning of the outbreak on June 16.
Overnight almost 60,000 NSW residents came forward to be tested.
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Three new vaccination hubs to be opened in NSW
The NSW government will open three new mass vaccination hubs, two in Sydney and one in Wollongong.
One will open in Macquarie Fields in the southwest of Sydney, and another will be opened in the CBD.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian described the Homebush hub as a "great success".
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"We envisage that once these centres are up and running that NSW Health will be able to administer up to 200,000 vaccines a week," she said.
"Once the supplies arrive, the challenge will be having all hands on deck.
"So we are doing our part."
A fourth new vaccination hub in the Hunter was announced earlier.
Another Virgin flight named as exposure site
Two passengers on a flight from the Gold Coast to Sydney have tested positive to coronavirus.
The passengers were on VA524 on Saturday June 26.
"We understand that both were isolating, but this is just still being confirmed from the second passenger," Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said.
"This highlights the importance of us being able to find people very quickly, get them tested and then we can be confident if they are negative that they are not a risk to the community."
You can find out more details about how to book your vaccine through the Federal Government health site here.
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