100 residents locked into Blacktown apartment building due to Covid outbreak
Residents of an apartment building at Blacktown in Sydney’s west have been locked indoors after multiple people tested positive for COVID-19.
NSW Health is aware of the development and NSW Police confirmed it to NCA NewsWire early on Monday morning.
“NSW Police Force are providing support to NSW Health who are responding to several Covid-19 cases in an apartment block at Blacktown.
“NSW Police were asked to be on site in case assistance was required.”
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READ NOWResident Michelle told 2GB the situation was “a bit daunting, a bit scary”.
“There’s a lot of police outside and we don’t really know what’s going on right now,” she said.
Michelle said there was police tape around the building and security guards had joined police in guarding the block.
Residents have been asked to put their rubbish out the front of their doors by 9am each morning, but no further information on medications or groceries had been provided.
A police van was seen parked outside the building overnight while residents were not allowed to leave.
Pictures taken on Tuesday morning show the footpath in front of the building cordoned off with police tape, with an officer seen sitting at a desk set up in front of a police van.
NSW Health has been contacted for comment.
Nine News reporter James Wilson posted on social media that more than 100 residents were affected by the lockdown, with everyone tested overnight.
“Pathology are on site processing the swabs,” he wrote. “Police will guard this building for the next two weeks.”
On Sunday, Blacktown was listed by NSW Health as one of the five problematic LGAs.
There are 93 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Blacktown LGA.
All workers are banned from leaving the Blacktown LGA unless they are an essential worker.
On Monday, NSW recorded another 145 cases of Covid-19.
Since the beginning of the outbreak on June 16, more than 2200 people have been infected with the Delta strain across the state.
NSW has also recorded 10 deaths linked to the current outbreak.
There are 156 cases being treated in hospital, with 44 people in intensive care.
Of those in ICU, 18 are being ventilated.
Originally published as 100 residents locked into Blacktown apartment building due to Covid outbreak
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