Hunter New England Local Health District is urging anyone who visited the Windsor Castle Hotel between 6pm and 8 pm on Monday, July 13 to get tested immediately should any respiratory symptoms or fever arise.
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They also advise that if anyone visited Salamander Bay Shopping Centre on July 15 to watch for COVID-19 symptoms and get tested if symptoms occur.
The warning follows confirmation of a new COVID-19 case in Port Stephens area - a man in his 60s, who is now in isolation. The source of infection was a visitor from Sydney.
"If you were at the Windsor Castle Hotel in East Maitland on the evening of 13 July or Salamander Bay Shopping Centre on 15 July you may be at risk of infection and you must be tested for COVID-19 even if you have the mildest of respiratory symptoms," said Dr David Durrheim, Public Health Controller for Hunter New England Health's COVID-19 response.
"Anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms such as fever, sore throat, cough or shortness of breath, is urged to get tested.
"Even those with mild symptoms such as fatigue, new muscle aches or pains, a change in taste or smell or a new runny nose are encouraged to arrange testing," he said.
COVID-19 testing is also available at Maitland Hospital walk-in clinic, between 9am-4pm, 7 days a week.
Additional staff have been deployed to the nearby Tomaree Community Hospital COVID-19 clinic to increase testing capability. Please call 4964 7497 between 8am to-4pm to make an appointment, or seek a referral from your GP.
Testing is also available through local GP clinics, and at a number of hospitals in the Hunter region. A full list of COVID-19 testing clinics is available here:
