Concerns have been raised in the area with the new approach to how exposure sites have been labelled and shared by residents and politicians.

MLHD chief executive Jill Ludford has advised that this change reflected the shift to a "living with COVID" approach.

"We've come out of a very different environment where we were talking about the elimination of COVID cases during lockdown to now, where we're talking about living with COVID," Ms Ludford said.

"I think we need to move away from 'where did this case come from' and 'where did that case come from' because as we said, COVID will be all around us.

"We should instead focus on really getting people tested early, getting people into isolation and minimising clusters."

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Venues visited by COVID positive people will not be listed as venues of concern on the NSW Health website unless public health units believe there is a risk to the public.

However, residents who checked into these venues will still receive a notification from their Service NSW app, warning them to be on alert for symptoms. Ms Ludford said people who received these notifications did not need to isolate or receive a COVID test unless they had symptoms.

"If you get an alert through your QR Code, all that means is you need to monitor carefully for symptoms; it means that there has been a COVID positive case in a venue where you were, but it does not mean you were a close contact or even a casual contact," Ms Ludford said.

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