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Uni campuses to close

Southern Cross University will close its Lismore campus in northern NSW and its Gold Coast campus in Queensland after a visiting staff member from the Philippines tested positive to coronavirus.

The man attended a series of workshops at the two university campuses last week before returning to the Philippines on Saturday.

He became unwell and has since tested positive.

Southern Cross University spokesman Dean Gould said 45 people who came in close proximity with the man will be contacted.

Six more coronavirus cases

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus continues its steady rise in NSW with six more cases taking the total to 61.

The new cases include a woman in her 30s who is a relative of one of the two elderly residents who died from the illness at an aged care facility in Sydney's north last week.

A man and woman who are not related but recently arrived from the United States and a woman in her 60s who recently arrived from Italy also tested positive.

Health authorities said one previously confirmed case of coronavirus was found to have attended St Leonards TAFE on two days while potentially infectious. Most people in the student's class have been contacted and none have reported symptoms.

Calls for improved COVID-19 screening

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) said improved testing options for coronavirus were urgently needed to take pressure off emergency departments.

ACEM members said they were being inundated by presentations related to COVID-19, including patients were who healthy but were looking for coronavirus testing.

"It is imperative that the right patients go to the right place and emergency departments cannot be used as default screening clinics," said ACEM president John Bonning.

"Screening must take place away from EDs, and hospital systems must also be prepared for an increase in coronavirus cases."

Sydney artist charged with sexual assaults

An artist will face court today charged over the alleged sexual assault of four women, including three art students, one of which was tattooed without her consent.

It is alleged the 40-year-old man assaulted the women on separate occasions at his Darlinghurst home between 2015 and 2018.

It is further alleged he tattooed three lines on one woman without her consent.

During a search of an industrial space in Marrickville linked to the man, police found replica pistols, knuckle dusters and drugs including methylamphetamine.