(See here for full testing criteria 07/04/20)
NSW Health recommends “…testing of individual patients with symptoms or fever suspected to have COVID-19 …
“Who live in communities with local transmission“
Local implementation:
People should be tested for COVID-19 if they present with fever (≥38) or history of fever OR acute respiratory infection (cough, dyspnoea, sore throat) AND who live, work or socialise in Bondi (2026) or Bondi Junction (2022)
“Whose clinician, after taking a full history, has reason to suspect the patient may have COVID-19”
Local implementation:
People should be tested for COVID-19 if they present with fever (≥38) or history of fever OR acute respiratory infection (cough, dyspnoea, sore throat) AND
- who associate with overseas travellers in the course of their professional or personal lives. For example airport workers, taxi and Uber drivers or hotel staff
Additionally, clinicians should have a low threshold for testing:
- symptomatic people who live, work or socialise in the northern sector of the district given the higher rates of COVID-19 relative to the southern sector (noting there is no clear evidence of local transmission outside of Bondi and Bondi Junction at this time)
- symptomatic people who self-identify as an Aboriginal person
*Please note that any cruise ship passenger or crew member who presents to a health facility must be medically assessed. If symptomatic, COVID-19 testing should be done.