The Albion Park McDonald's store was closed for cleaning after a father and son, who tested positive for COVID-19, visited the fast food outlet last week.
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On Saturday, NSW deputy chief health officer Dr Jeremy McAnulty said there were 15 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday; and those included the Sydney father and son who visited McDonald's Albion Park and a Batemans Bay bistro
Dr McAnulty warned anyone who visited the store between 2pm-2.30pm on Wednesday, July 15 to watch carefully for COVID-19 symptoms.
Should they occur, they are asked to isolate themselves and immediately come forward for testing.
A McDonald's Australia spokeswoman said "the health and safety of our people and customers was our priority".
"On Friday, we were notified by the health department that two individuals who had recently been confirmed to have COVID-19 visited the restaurant on July 15," she said.
"This was classified by the department as a low risk or casual exposure, and they did not recommend self-isolation of our employees, or require the closure of the restaurant.
"Out of an abundance of caution, we closed the restaurant and conducted a thorough clean and sanitisation above and beyond the department's requirements."
The spokeswoman said during every shift, all employees followed strict cleaning, sanitisation, quality control and hygiene procedures, including offering anti-microbial hand wash for customers and employees; shields installed at every second kiosk; hand sanitiser stations and increased cleaning and sanitisation procedures of frequently touched surfaces.
Dr McAnulty also urged anyone who visited the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club bistro on the evening of Monday, July 13, between 7pm and 9.30pm to be tested and self-isolate for two weeks.
The pair returned home on Wednesday, July 15, and subsequently tested positive to COVID-19. Both cases were locally acquired and under investigation.
Meantime, an Illawarra AFL game was called off on Saturday for precautionary concerns after a COVID-19 scare within the club.
Up to six Wollongong Bulldogs players had shown flu-like symptoms in the lead-up to their two AFL South Coast women's games.
All players returned negative results after the matches would have been played.
On Sunday, 18 new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday night, bringing the total number of cases in NSW to 3,379.
There are 45 cases associated with the Crossroads Hotel cluster. This includes 14 who attended the hotel on July 3, one who attended on July 5, and 30 who are linked to the cluster but who did not attend the hotel on July 3.
There were no new reported cases in the Illawarra region on Sunday.
As cases resulting from community transmission continue to be reported, NSW Health is calling on people across the state to redouble their efforts to stop the virus spreading.
People are urged to avoid non-essential travel and gatherings as the virus continues to spread at venues such as hotels and restaurants, gyms and social gatherings.
The department is calling on people across the state to take extra care and not leave home at all if they have any symptoms, except to get tested.
Everyone should, at all times stay 1.5 metres from other people; not go anywhere there is crowding; get tested, even if you have the mildest of symptoms as well as clean your hands regularly with soap and running water for 20 seconds or use alcohol base hand rub.
People should cough and sneeze into their elbow; not host, or go to, a gathering of more than 10 people at home and not go to the gym unless the equipment is thoroughly cleaned before and after customer use.
All venues must have a COVID Safe plan, and ensure physical distancing between customers and staff, good hand hygiene, and check that no staff come to work with symptoms.
People should also consider using masks in situations where you are unable to social distance.
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