Orange residents have been spared inclusion on a new list of towns placed under stay-at-home orders despite a string of cases emerging across the Central West on Wednesday.
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Corrective Services NSW confirmed a 27-year-old man who had arrived at Bathurst on Saturday before being bailed and released from Bathurst Correctional Facility on Monday had tested positive to COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Health officials believe he may have been infectious from Thursday, August 5.
It also comes after Dubbo was locked down on Wednesday from 1pm with two positive cases in the city.
As contact tracing continues NSW Health tonight issued stay-at-home orders for a number of western NSW towns but Bathurst, along with Orange and the majority of towns to the south east of Dubbo, has not been included among the restrictions.
"To protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, new restrictions will be introduced for the local government areas of Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Narromine, Walgett and Warren, effective from 7pm tonight until the beginning of 19 August 2021," a statement from NSW Health said.
"Following updated health advice from NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant, stay-at-home orders will apply to all people who live in these areas in Western NSW or have been there on or after 5 August 2021.
"The rules for this area will be the same as those already in place across Greater Sydney, as well as Dubbo, Tamworth, Northern Rivers, Armidale, Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Port Stephens, Singleton, Dungog, Muswellbrook and Cessnock."
All residents living in the affected areas must stay at home unless they have a reasonable excuse to leave. They also cannot have social 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.
For further information, please see nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules.
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