A man in his 50s tested positive to the virus on Wednesday but contact tracers have still not determined how he contracted the virus. The man lives in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, had not travelled overseas and does not work in a hotel quarantine, border or health role.
The man’s wife tested positive on Thursday but nine other close contacts have not tested positive as of Friday morning.
Sewage testing also revealed on Thursday that there were fragments of the virus in Sydney’s inner west, in a catchment area covering Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, Summer Hill, Lewisham, Ashfield, Haberfield, Petersham, Lilyfield and Leichhardt.
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A full list of venues of concern visited by the two cases is available at latest news and updates. People are urged to check the NSW Health website regularly for updates.
Advice for a number of venues of concern, which the public were alerted to yesterday, have been updated as risk assessments have been completed.
NSW Health was notified yesterday evening that fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been detected in the Marrickville Sewage Network.
This catchment includes about 42,000 people and takes sewage from the following suburbs – Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, Summer Hill, Lewisham, Ashfield, Haberfield, Petersham, Lilyfield and Leichhardt.
The Queensland government will force returned travellers from New South Wales into hotel quarantine if they visited a venue exposed to coronavirus.
NSW on Thursday introduced a raft of restrictions for Greater Sydney after the state recorded two local Covid infections, mysteriously traced back to a returned traveller from the U.S. who contracted an Indian strain of the virus.
The two cases, a married couple from Sydney s eastern suburbs, attended a string of venues across the city while potentially infectious, causing concern Covid could be circulating in the community.
Queensland responded on Thursday afternoon, with Health Minister Yvette D Ath announcing that anyone who arrives in the Sunshine State from 1am on Friday - and visited potential Covid exposure sites in Sydney - will be required to undergo hotel quarantine.
NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said she was concerned authorities had not yet identified the link between an infected man and a returned traveller who tested positive for Covid.
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Sydneysiders are once again donning masks, cancelling house parties and abandoning weekend plans for clubbing and karaoke because some bloke wanted to buy a barbecue.
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