{"id":7830,"date":"2020-08-24T07:30:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T07:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7830"},"modified":"2020-08-24T07:30:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T07:30:08","slug":"western-and-south-west-sydney-testing-blitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/western-and-south-west-sydney-testing-blitz\/","title":{"rendered":"WESTERN AND SOUTH WEST SYDNEY TESTING BLITZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who lives or works in Sydney\u2019s West and South West and has even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms is being urged to come forward for testing, as mystery COVID-19 cases continue to emerge in the region.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian said COVID-19 is still circulating in the community, particularly in Sydney\u2019s West and South West.<br \/>\n\u201cThis region is key to breaking the back of this wave of transmission and high testing rates in people with symptoms is crucial to stopping community transmission,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cNSW is on the right track with cases remaining low, however, I remain concerned that we are continuing to have cases diagnosed without a link to a known cluster.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a call to anyone who lives in Sydney\u2019s West and South West to come forward for testing with even the mildest of symptoms.<br \/>\n\u201cIf you run a local organisation, business, community centre, place of worship, radio station or newspaper in this area we want your help to communicate this message.\u201d<br \/>\nChief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said we need everyone to play their part to help clamp down on community transmission and prevent the risk of further clusters emerging.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are asking anyone who works, resides or has visited Sydney\u2019s West and South-West recently to come forward for testing at even the slightest hint of symptoms,\u201d Dr Chant said.<br \/>\n\u201cA unique feature of this virus is just how mild the symptoms can be and this can present the biggest challenge when people don\u2019t realise they may actually have the virus \u2013 I want the community to help us identify where these mystery cases are coming from.\u201d<br \/>\nThere are 302 locations for the public to get COVID-19 testing in NSW, with more opening every day. 90 are drive-throughs and 22 are pop-up clinics. To find your closest testing clinic go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19\/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others\/clinics\">https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19\/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others\/clinics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who lives or works in Sydney\u2019s West and South West and has even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms is being urged to come forward for testing, as mystery COVID-19 cases continue to emerge in the region. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said COVID-19 is still circulating in the community, particularly in Sydney\u2019s West and South West. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/western-and-south-west-sydney-testing-blitz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WESTERN AND SOUTH WEST SYDNEY TESTING BLITZ&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}