NSW Health has been advised of a new venue visited by the confirmed case of COVID-19 announced on Sunday. Anyone who visited any of the following venues.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned there will be more positive Covid-19 cases after a hotel worker tested positive for the highly contagious UK strain.
The 47-year-old hotel quarantine security guard who works at the Sofitel Wentworth and the Mantra Hotel at Haymarket returned a positive test late on Saturday night, ending the state s 55 day streak.
His four family members have since tested negative and 130 close contacts were asked to self-isolate after working an overnight shift with the man at the Mantra Hotel on Friday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant on Monday warned that it was likely more cases would recorded as the man visited numerous locations.
Highly contagious COVID-19 variants are on the rise in hotel quarantine, as authorities investigate how a security guard caught the “UK strain” from a returned traveller.