By Hope NewsroomTuesday 6 Jul 2021NewsReading Time: 2 minutes
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au.
A third aged-care worker has tested positive this morning after an outbreak at SummitCare Baulkham Hills that has infected five residents.
SummitCare said the worker had worked closely with the other two infected staff members, and had been in isolation.
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Authorities are refusing to rule out an extension of stay-at-home orders after a surge of new COVID-19 infections.
Test results to be released this morning should indicate whether an outbreak at a Sydney party has spread.
Three people who were at the gathering at Waterloo’s Meriton Suites two weekends ago have tested positive.
The whole building is now subject to a health alert.
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Seven new COVID-19 exposure sites have been identified in Belfield, Marrickville, Edmonson Park, Hurstville, Bondi Beach, Kingsgrove and Wahroongah.
Details are on the New South Wales Health and NSW Government websites.
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The head of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination program will meet with state health officials today to discuss ways to speed up the rollout.
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Meanwhile health officials in New South Wales are meeting this morning with Independent school representatives ahead of the start of term three next week.
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Five youths have been arrested following a police pursuit with a stolen car in Kings Cross early this morning.
Three boys and two girls, aged between 13 and 17 years, were caught after the car flipped onto its side in the Cross City Tunnel.
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A surfer is recovering in hospital after being bitten by a shark on the State’s mid-north coast.