As the whole of regional NSW joins the lockdown NSW Health has been notified of new venues of concern associated with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Dubbo, as well as sewage detections in Parkes.

The Stay at Home orders came into effect at 5pm Saturday 14 August and at this stage will be in place until 12.01am Sunday 22 August 2021.

Everyone must stay at home unless they have a reasonable excuse to leave. They also cannot have visitors in their home from outside their household, including family and friends.

People still can have one visitor at one time to fulfil carers' responsibilities or provide care or assistance, or for compassionate reasons, including where two people are in a relationship but do not live together.

All hospitality venues must be closed to the public, including pubs, restaurants and cafes, except for takeaway.

For further information, including which businesses can remain open and rules around going to work, please click here.

More venues of concern in Dubbo

There are now 18 venues of concern in the Dubbo area.

Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days since they were there, regardless of the result.

NSW Health sends a text message to people who have checked in at close-contact venues with further information. They will later call close contacts to discuss the isolation and testing requirements. If you were at the venues at the times listed and have not received a text message, please call 1800 943 553.

• Saint Laurence O’Toole Church, Cnr Fitzroy and Tamworth St on Sunday 8 August from 6.50am – 8.35am
• Blend Sixty-Six Café, 83 Tamworth Street on Sunday 8 August, 8.20am to 8.35am
• Relish Café, 37-39 Bultje St on Tuesday 10 August from 11.55am – 12.30pm
• Storm Riders, Shop 1/184 Macquarie St on Tuesday 10 August, 1.30pm – 1.35pm
• Priceline Pharmacy, 86 Macquarie St on Tuesday 10 August from 1.55pm – 3.55pm

The venues above are in addition to the following venues in Dubbo notified at around 4.30pm Saturday afternoon:

• Fitness Focus – Gymnastics area and Areas other than gymnastics area, 7 Jannali Road
• Myall St Mini Mart, 272 Myall Street
• McDonald’s West Dubbo, 101 Whylandra Street
• Bunnings Dubbo, Cnr Mitchell Hwy & Sheraton Road
• Woolworths Delroy Park, Minore Road
• United Service Station, 195 Cobra Street
• Dan Murphy’s, Cnr Windsor Pde & Birch Ave

In addition, NSW Health has been notified of new casual-contact venues of concern across NSW which are associated with confirmed cases of COVID-19.

To view these new venues, please visit the NSW Government website.

Parkes sewage surveillance

NSW Health’s ongoing sewage surveillance program has detected traces of the virus that causes COVID-19 at the Parkes and Brooklyn sewage treatment plants. Parkes serves about 11,600 people and Brooklyn (between the Central Coast and Sydney) serves about 1,200 people and includes the suburbs of Dangar Island, Cowan, Brooklyn, Mooney Mooney and Cheerio Point.

These are of particular concern, as there are no known cases in these areas. Everyone in these areas is urged to monitor for the onset of symptoms, and if they appear, to immediately be tested and isolate until a negative result is received.