Updated COVID-19 advice and new local venues
Note: this update is current as at 30 December 2020. Please visit the main ISLHD COVID-19 page for current information.
Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) is advising the community of new and updated advice regarding venues that have been visited by confirmed cases of COVID-19.
New venues
Anyone who attended the following venue at the time listed is considered a casual contact who must get tested immediately and isolate until a negative result is received:
| Coffee Club, Stockland Shellharbour | 211 Lake Entrance Road, Shellharbour |
Sunday, 27 December 11.00am - 12.00pm |
Anyone who visited the following venues at the listed times is asked to monitor for any symptoms, not matter how mild and get tested immediately and isolate if they appear.
| Myer – Stockland Shellharbour | 211 Lake Entrance Road, Shellharbour |
Sunday, 27 December 12.00pm - 12.40pm |
| Coles - Figtree Grove Shopping Centre | 19 Princes Hwy, Figtree |
Monday, 28 December 4.45pm - 5.20pm |
Updated advice
Advice for people who attended two Greek Orthodox churches in Wollongong has been updated. This replaces previous advice that anyone who attended either church should get tested immediately and self-isolate until they receive further advice from NSW Health.
- New advice for St Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church, 39 Atchison Street, Wollongong, is that anyone who attended on Sunday, 27 December between 9am and 10.15am is a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days regardless of the result.
- New advice for the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, 18 Stewart St, Wollongong, is that anyone who attended on Sunday, 27 December between 10.30am and 11am is a casual contact who must get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.
Please also note that following further investigation, advice for the following venues has been updated today, 30 December 2020.
Anyone who attended the following venues at the listed times is asked to monitor for symptoms and get tested if they appear. This supersedes previous advice to get tested immediately and isolate until a negative result is received:
| Figtree Grove Shopping Centre | 19 Princes Hwy, Figtree |
Monday 21 December Thursday 24 December |
| Wollongong Central | 200 Crown St, Wollongong NSW | Wednesday 23 December 3.30pm-4pm |
Advice for the following venue is unchanged to yesterday.
Anyone who visited the following venue at the listed times is considered a casual contact who must get tested immediately and isolate until a negative result is received:
| Proust Optical – Figtree Grove Shopping Centre | Shop 49, Figtree Grove Shopping Centre, 19 Princes Hwy |
Monday 21 December 9.30am-5pm Wednesday 23 December 9.30am-2pm |
There are more than 350 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW, many of which are open seven days a week. To find your nearest clinic visit https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others/clinics or contact your GP.
Opening hours for testing clinics in and around Wollongong have been updated. Visit the District’s website for information: https://www.islhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services-clinics/public-health-unit/infectious-diseases/covid-19-latest-advice-and-resources-6
NSW Health urges anyone in NSW with even the mildest symptoms, such as headache, fatigue, cough, sore throat or runny nose, to come forward immediately for testing, then isolate until they receive a negative result.