RESIDENTS across the North West breathed another sigh of relief on the long weekend after NSW Health announced no new community transmitted cases of COVID-19 had been recorded.
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This is despite strong testing numbers, with Hunter New England Health (HNEH) revealing hundreds more have come forward for testing in Moree since late last week.
More than 17,000 were tested across NSW on Saturday, compared to 19,000 on Friday.
Moree Plains Shire Council mayor Katrina Humphries said she was pleased with the latest results, but is asking people not to get complacent.
"We're just hanging in there, we've got another week of this to go yet so it's pretty awful," she said.
"We're really urging people to get out there and get tested because the sooner we get a heap of negative tests the more confident we can be, because then we can get back to normal life and that's what we want to do."
NSW Health' Dr Natalie Klees also said on Sunday sewage monitoring in Moree had recorded no fragments of the virus.
Cr Humphries said that was a promising sign, and she was hoping to continue seeing negative results throughout the week.
"Every negative is a good thing, it's the only time in the world that you want negativity, we want as many negatives as we can get," she said.
Dr Klees confirmed NSW Health is continuing to investigate the movements of the two positive cases that triggered the latest health alert, and 739 contacts have been identified as part of the ongoing investigations.
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Testing clinics remained open over the long weekend, with Moree District Health Service operating on extended hours between 8am to 6pm.
The Laverty Pathology drive through clinic - located at the Gateway Puma service station in Moree - and the Pius X Aboriginal Medical Service will also both be open from 9am to 5pm on Monday.
Increased testing in the area has come as a result of two positive COVID-19 cases travelling from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast through regional NSW between June 1 to 5. They stopped in Gillenbah, Dubbo, Forbes, Coonabarabran and Moree.
COVID-19 symptoms can include fever, cough, breathing difficulties, sore throat, loss of smell or taste, runny nose, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.
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