Visits Banned at Sydney Aged Care Homes

Newmarch House resident Patricia Shea looks at her son out of her window through the fence at Newmarch House on April 29 in Sydney, Australia. Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Aged care homes in Sydney and on the NSW Central Coast will be closed to visitors for two weeks as a precaution to prevent COVID-19 threatening vulnerable residents.

An alert issued by NSW Health says the current COVID-19 cluster in Sydney’s CBD involves people who travelled from multiple areas in the metropolitan and Central Coast areas.