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Update NSW Health is asking anyone who arrived in Sydney on Qantas flight QF02 from Singapore on February 28 to check their seating arrangements after a passenger tested positive for coronavirus. The flight left Singapore on February 27 and arrived in Sydney the following day. Those passengers who were seated in rows 31, 32 and 33 are asked to self-isolate and call their local public health unit for further guidance on 1300 066 055. "This follows confirmation of travel details and seating of a previously confirmed case, a male in his 50s," a NSW Health update said. NSW Health confirmed last week that a Cronulla man who tested positive for coronavirus had returned from Italy. READ ALSO Updated | Flight details released for three coronavirus cases including one which may be Cronulla man Earlier A Cronulla man who tested positive for coronavirus had returned from Italy, according to an update supplied by NSW Health last night. "A 53-year-old man ... is a returned traveller from Italy. Further information including flight details are being obtained," the update said. The man, who was one of six new confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday night, is believed to be undergoing treatment at a Sydney hospital. The cases brought the total number of COVID-19 infections in NSW to 22. Seven of those transmissions are believed to have occurred on NSW soil. NSW Health said it was working to ensure anyone exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19 was closely monitored, and had access to expert advice and care. NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said public health staff were investigating the source of those infections that had not yet been established. Overnight, a 16-year-old Epping Boys High School student was also confirmed to have tested positive to coronavirus, leading to the closure of the school today. It is the first Australian school to close as a result of the infection. About 17 children and four staff from a Macquarie Park childcare centre are also being assessed after it was established they visited elderly residents at a nearby aged care facility where four cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed, including a 95-year-old female resident who tested positive only after her death. All but four of the 22 NSW cases confirmed since the outbreak began remain in hospital. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard and Premier Gladys Berejiklian will address a press conference in Sydney at 11.15am today to provide further updates. More to come. Earlier NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has declared the community is fighting a "war" with the coronavirus. Mr Hazzard made the comment during a press conference that began just after noon today to address the latest coronavirus cases, which now stands at 22 in NSW. NSW Health has confirmed a Cronulla man aged in his 50s was one of six new confirmed cases in Sydney yesterday, but the press conference failed to shed much light on the patient, who is believed to be in a Sydney hospital. A list of questions sent to the NSW Health media unit this afternoon regarding the man's occupation, treatment and movements throughout Sutherland Shire brought the following response: "NSW Health releases information about locations where a patient has travelled once they are confirmed to have the coronavirus, only if those locations pose any risk as is required for notifiable diseases, such as COVID-19," a NSW Health spokeswoman said. "In addition, NSW Health takes proactive steps to contact all close contacts of the patient, including family members and co-workers, to give them advice on isolation, symptoms to be aware of and their level of risk. "We do not provide personal information regarding our patients, such as their occupation or the location of their work, unless it is important information to prevent the spread of the disease, such as a community nurse or healthcare worker." Other new cases of coronavirus confirmed overnight include an elderly female resident of a Macquarie Park nursing facility, a female doctor who works at Liverpool Hospital, a woman in her 30s from the Northern Beaches, and a woman in her 60s who is believed to have returned from the Philippines. A 95-year-old resident of the Dorothy Henderson Lodge at Macquarie Park who died on Tuesday in hospital has now been confirmed as having the virus. A female nurse of the same facility previously tested positive for the virus. Mr Hazzard told the press conference the number of community transfers - those that had taken place in NSW - had now risen to seven. He said while the health department was still trying to contain the spread of the disease, "we know now containment is an unlikely outcome" and it was up to the community to work "in partnership" with health authorities to contain the spread. Mr Hazzard said the situation was "continuing to evolve". "It is fair to say we do have an evolution happening in the spread of this virus and .. the NSW Government and particular NSW Health is doing everything they can to still contain it, but we also know containment is likely to be an unlikely outcome, so we need to work constructively with the community to continue our efforts to emphasise to the community that it is a partnership," Mr Hazzard said. "The community themselves and members of our community have to be doing everything they can do to support the endeavour to defeat what really has become a war with this coronavirus."

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