She said his – and the hen’s group’s – use the QR code at the venue was also a critical detail that helped to contain the situation.
NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said the man “immediately did the right thing” when concerns about the venue’s COVID contact were released.
Dr Chant’s Queensland counterpart, Dr Jeannette Young, meanwhile praised the first nurse who was diagnosed in the cluster.
People waiting to be tested at the COVID clinic in Byron Central Hospital on Tuesday, March 30.
Genome testing indicated her infection came from a returned traveller from India; he has been at the PA Hospital.