FOUR new locations have been added to the list of places a COVID-19 positive woman and her husband visited while in the city last week.
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On Thursday evening NSW Health put out another alert for the city, listing Best and Less, Chemist Warehouse, Coles and PKs Bakery as sites the couple visited while in Dubbo.
Previously CSC, Readings Cinema, the Shell Service Station on the corner of Victoria and Whylandra Street and Homestead Motel were also identified as locations.
NSW Health is advising anyone who was at any of the new venues of concern at the times listed to call NSW Health on 1800 943 553, get tested and isolate until they receive further information from NSW Health.
- Best and Less - Macquarie Street on Wednesday June 2 between 12.20pm and 1pm.
- Chemist Warehouse - Macquarie Street on Wednesday June 2 between 1.45pm and 2pm
- Coles - Bultji Street on Wedesday June 2 between 4.30 and 5pm
- PKs Bakery - 105 Cobra Street, Thursday, June 3 between 7.30am and 8.45am.
Previously on the list are:
- Shell Service station - Corner of Victoria and Whylandra Streets, Wednesday June 2 between 10.30am and 11.30am
- CSC - Church Street Wednesday, June 2 between 11.30am and 2.30pm
- Reading Cinemas Dubbo - Macquarie Street, Wednesday June 2 between 6pm and 10pm
- Dubbo Homestead Motel - Cobra Street, from 12pm Wednesday June 2 to 10am Thursday, June 23.
Anyone who lives in or has visited the areas since June 1 is asked to be especially vigilant for the onset of even the mildest of cold-like symptoms.
They need to come forward for testing immediately if symptoms appear, then isolate until a negative result is received.
Symptoms include a fever or respiratory symptoms like coughing, sore throat and shortness of breath. Other symptoms can include runny nose, acute blocked nose (congestion), headache, muscle or joint pains, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, loss of sense of smell, altered sense of taste, loss of appetite and fatigue.
The virus can spread from person to person through close contact, contact with an infected person's cough or sneeze or touching objects or surfaces that have a droplet from an infected person, and then touching your mouth or face.
A mobile testing unit has been set up for Friday from 8am to 4pm at the Dubbo Showground.
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