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Unjustified and unacceptable: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian unleashes on her Queensland counterpart's border ban as state has just 12 hours to lock down source of new infections

New South Wales has just 12 hours to find the source of three mystery COVID-19 cases before Queensland resets the clock to reopen the border.

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles on Wednesday said plans to reopen the border at the end of the month may be delayed if NSW Health can't find the source of the unlinked cases by Thursday night.

The border between the two states has been closed since August 8 - with Queensland setting NSW a target of 28 days of unlinked community transmission before it fully reopens.

The southern state went for 12 days without a locally transmitted coronavirus case before three new cases emerged in Sydney late on Tuesday.

After calling the Queensland government's expectations 'completely unrealistic' on Wednesday, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian doubled down on her rhetoric on Thursday morning.

'I just think the Queensland government is really just thinking up every excuse it can as it goes along and I don’t think that’s acceptable,' she told 2GB’s Ben Fordham.

Sydney's renowned Ripples restaurant (pictured) in Milsons Point, which boasts views of the Harbour Bridge, has been put on alert after a coronavirus-infected person - one of three mystery cases in NSW detected on Tuesday - dined there

Sydney's renowned Ripples restaurant in Milsons Point, which boasts views of the Harbour Bridge, has been put on alert after a coronavirus-infected person - one of three mystery cases in NSW detected on Tuesday - dined there

'What is unjustified is the attitude of the premiers of WA and Queensland - I don’t think it’s acceptable. I think to just have this blinkered view that you’re not part of a nation, you’re not part of Australia, is a dangerous one. 

'They haven’t really been tested. They haven’t really had the difficult circumstances NSW has had to deal with.'  

One of the mystery cases visited Sydney's renowned Ripples restaurant in Milsons Point, which boasts views of the Harbour Bridge, between 8pm and 10.30pm on Saturday.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian called the Queensland government's expectations NSW goes 28 days without community transmission 'completely unrealistic'. The state has been given until Thursday night to find the source of the as-yet unlinked cases

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian called the Queensland government's expectations NSW goes 28 days without community transmission 'completely unrealistic'. The state has been given until Thursday night to find the source of the as-yet unlinked cases

A case has also been traced to Westfield in Parramatta in Sydney's west on Monday between 9.30am and 11am - one of eight locations put on high alert by NSW Health on Wednesday. 

Dr Miles said NSW had until Thursday night to link those cases or the border clock could be reset.

Ms Berejiklian earlier said was it 'highly unlikely' NSW will ever get to 28 days of no community transmission.

'That is not how a pandemic works,' she said.

The infected customer went to the upmarket venue (pictured) in Milson's Point on Saturday October 3

The infected customer went to the upmarket venue in Milson's Point on Saturday October 3

Pictured is Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.  Her Deputy Premier Dr Steven Miles said NSW had until Thursday night to link those cases or the border clock could be reset

Pictured is Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.  Her Deputy Premier Dr Steven Miles said NSW had until Thursday night to link those cases or the border clock could be reset

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet meanwhile mocked Queensland's position - saying the state was 'beautiful one day, subsidised by NSW the next'.

He added he would be more likely to go to 'Queenstown before Queensland' if the latter kept the border up to its southerly neighbour.

'The contact tracers in NSW will have 48 hours to see if they can scientifically link these cases to existing clusters. I really hope they can,' Dr Miles told reporters late on Wednesday.

'If they can then that won't have any effect on our timeline, so as far as we know for now, we are still on track for a review towards the end of the month and a potential reopening on the first of the month.

One of the infected people attended a pilates class at Fitness First in Carlingford (pictured) from 8.15am to 9.15am on Saturday

One of the infected people attended a pilates class at Fitness First in Carlingford from 8.15am to 9.15am on Saturday

'If these cases aren't linked then that will need to be revised ... we would consider pushing that date back.

'If they can't be linked within two days then the link isn't sufficiently clear'.

Dr Miles stopped short of saying the clock will be reset and said the 'specifics' would need to be looked at by the chief health officer before a decision was made.

Queensland recorded no new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, with just seven active cases in the state.  

An infected person also went to the popular Westfield in Parramatta (pictured) in Sydney's west on Monday between 9.30am and 11am

An infected person also went to the popular Westfield in Parramatta in Sydney's west on Monday between 9.30am and 11am

On Wednesday, an urgent alert was issued by NSW Health warning guests who dined at the Ripples restaurant on Sunday to get tested and isolate for 14 days.

Officials instructed patrons to 'stay isolated for the entire period, even if a negative test result is received'.

NSW Health have traced one new case to Fitness First in Carlingford where an infected person went to a class from 8.15am to 9.15am on Saturday.

All those who attended the pilates class are considered close contacts and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days from the day of the class. 

Anyone else who went to Fitness First at the same time but didn't attend the Pilates class are still considered casual contacts and should still get tested.

Those who attended Guzman y Gomez in Penrith (pictured) between 1.30pm and 2pm are considered casual contacts to an infected person and should be tested

Those who attended Guzman y Gomez in Penrith between 1.30pm and 2pm are considered casual contacts to an infected person and should be tested 

A confirmed case has also been traced to the Mazda Artarmon repair centre on Campbell St on Sydney's lower north shore.

Another infected person went to Kmart in Narellan in Sydney's south west from 6pm to 7pm on Friday. 

Three businesses in Penrith in Sydney's west have also been put on alert.

Those who attended Penrith Homemaker Centre from 11am to 1pm on Sunday should get tested as well as those who went to Guzman y Gomez between 1:30pm and 2pm. 

The final Penrith business is Home Co, where shoppers who visited between 2pm and 2:30pm on Sunday should be tested.  

 The last location on alert is Castle Towers Shopping Centre in the city's north west, where an infected person shopped for an hour from 12pm to 1pm on Monday. 

The state health department is 'concerned' that testing numbers have dropped and is encouraging increased testing across Sydney.

NSW Health said it is 'especially important for people across West and South West Sydney' to get tested since the new cases are located there.

The state ended its 12-day streak without a locally acquired case as it recorded three locally acquired cases on Wednesday. 

AFFECTED VENUES AND TIMES  

Friday 2 October: Kmart, Narellan Town Centre, Narellan – 6pm to 7pm

Saturday 3 October: Fitness First, Carlingford (all attendees other than those in the pilates class notified above): 8 to 9:15am

Saturday 3 October: Ripples restaurant, Milson's Point - 8pm to 10.30pm

Sunday 4 October: Penrith Homemaker Centre, Penrith – 11am to 1pm

Sunday 4 October: Guzman y Gomez, Penrith – 1:30pm to 2pm

Sunday 4 October: Home Co, Penrith – 2 pm to 2:30 pm

Monday 5 October: Westfield Parramatta – 9:30am to 11am

Monday 5 October: Castle Towers Shopping Centre, Castle Hill – 12pm to 1pm

 

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