NSW and Victoria are on high alert after both states have been impacted with new COVID-19 cases, with dozens of venues affected.

Victoria issued a warning just before midnight on Sunday, with a hotel quarantine worker at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport testing positive to COVID-19.

NSW Health issued an alert after a returned overseas traveller tested positive to COVID-19 two days after being released from their 14-day quarantine.

The person is from the Wollongong area and returned two negative COVID-19 tests while in quarantine.

“The person did not have any symptoms but underwent testing as part of the recently enhanced day-16 follow-up. As an additional precautionary measure, NSW Health has introduced symptom checking and day-16 COVID-19 tests for overseas travellers who have been released from hotel quarantine,” NSW Health said to news.com.au.

“Test results indicate that the person has a low level of infection and their household contacts have returned negative results to date.”

Anyone who attended the following venues in NSW between these times must immediately get tested and isolate until further advice. The venues are:

  • Austinmer:  Headlands Hotel on February 2 from 1pm-2pm
  • Bulli:  Bulli Beach cafe on February 6 from 1.30pm-4pm

Anyone who attended the following venues during these times is a casual contact and must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is returned:

  • Brighton Le Sands:  Mootch & Me on February 2 from 10.54am-12pm
  • North Wollongong:  Optus on February 4 from 1pm-1.15pm
  • Fairy Meadow:  Officeworks on February 4 from 3.45pm-4.05 pm and February 5 from 3pm-3.25pm

Anyone who attended the following venues during these times should monitor for symptoms:

  • Bulli:  Woolworths on February 3 from 9.15am-10am
  • Corrimal:  Corrimal Memorial Park on February 3 from 12pm-1pm
  • Thirroul:  Thirroul Beach on February 3 from 3pm-4.30pm
  • Madden Plains:  Sublime Point Walking Track on February 4 from 8.30am-10am
  • Figtree:  Figtree Grove Shopping Centre (Australia Post, Kmart, Blooms the Chemist, Subway) on February 4 from 2pm-3.30pm
  • Fairy Meadow:  Fedora Pasta Factory on February 5 from 3.30pm-3.35pm

Victoria has also issued a warning, saying that the worker at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport tested negative for COVID at the end of her shift, but later developed symptoms a few days later.

“The individual is being interviewed and a full public health response is underway,” Victoria’s Health Department said.

“We are contacting Holiday Inn Airport workers and others who are considered primary close contacts. They are required to immediately isolate, get tested and remain isolated for 14 days.”

Anyone who attended the following sites during the times below must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days.

  • Maidstone:  Marciano’s Cakes on February 5 from 9.45am-10.25am
  • Sunshine:  Dan Murphy’s on February 5 from 5.50pm-6.30 pm and February 6 from 6.50pm-7.30pm
  • Taylors Lakes:  Off Ya Tree Watergardens on February 6 from 1.17pm-1.52pm

It is currently unknown what strain the Victorian worker has contracted, as they had a case last week where another hotel quarantine worker contracted the highly-infectious US strain of the virus.

“These negative results are very encouraging but as the hotel worker was infected with the highly contagious B.1.1.7 UK strain of COVID-19, it is vitally important that we continue to monitor close contacts in isolation and continue testing before we can be reassured that Victoria does not have further cases,” Victorian health authorities said.