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NSW authorities have not introduced mandatory rules around wearing face masks, but health minister Brad Hazzard is advising everyone in greater Sydney to wear a mask.
It may well be wise to wear those masks going through Christmas, New Year in the greater Sydney area.
If you are going grocery shopping anywhere in New South Wales please wear a mask. If you are going to a place of worship anywhere in New South Wales please wear a mask. If you’re going into an indoor setting or anywhere where social distancing can’t be maintained, please wear a mask.
Obviously if you are exercising with your household group, etc, that is not necessary. However, in those settings where we have said you should be wearing a mask these do so.
Chant urged anyone with any symptoms to get a test, even if they have not attended any of the venues or been in the suburbs listed by NSW heath, because they wanted to ensure they could detect any seeding event.
She said it would also help identify the source of the outbreak.
We also haven’t mapped out the exact path by which this infection seeded the Northern Beaches. And because of those levels of uncertainty it is critical that anyone with symptoms across New South Wales for testing if they have the most minor of symptoms.
