Coronavirus Australia live: Public health alert issued for Ripples Milsons Point

Diners have been put on alert after a positive COVID-19 case visited a trendy Sydney eatery last Saturday.

NSW Health has confirmed one confirmed case attended Ripples restaurant in Milson’s Point on Saturday, October 3 from 8pm to 10.30pm.

While contact tracing is now underway, the details of a small number of walk-in diners in the restaurant during that period time were not recorded.

As a result, all diners who were at the restaurant at the same time as the positive case are considered close contacts and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days since they were there, and stay isolated for the entire period, even if a negative test result is received.

NSW Health has also advised that anyone who attended the Mazda Artarmon repair centre on Campbell Street between 7.30am and 9.30am on Friday, October 2 are considered casual contacts and should immediately isolate and get tested if they develop the slightest symptoms of COVID-19.

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Originally published as Scary virus warning for Sydney diners