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A new variant of COVID-19 that has been circulating undetected in Sydney mysteriously spread via a quarantine hotel, forcing the state government to reintroduce mandatory masks and caps on household gatherings.
NSW reported an additional local case on Thursday: the wife of an eastern suburbs man aged in his 50s who tested positive a day earlier, prompting venue alerts in the city’s east, northern beaches and the west.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced restrictions for Greater Sydney, as authorities search for the missing link between a quarantined traveller and eastern suburbs couple.
Credit:Janie Barrett
Genomic sequencing revealed the man’s infection was linked to a returned overseas traveller from the US, who was quarantined at the PARKROYAL hotel at Darling Harbour last month.
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A new variant of COVID-19 that has been circulating undetected in Sydney mysteriously spread via a quarantine hotel, forcing the state government to reintroduce mandatory masks and caps on household gatherings.
NSW reported an additional local case on Thursday: the wife of an eastern suburbs man aged in his 50s who tested positive a day earlier, prompting venue alerts in the cityâs east, northern beaches and the west.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced restrictions for Greater Sydney, as authorities search for the missing link between a quarantined traveller and eastern suburbs couple.
Credit:Janie Barrett
Genomic sequencing revealed the manâs infection was linked to a returned overseas traveller from the US, who was quarantined at the PARKROYAL hotel at Darling Harbour last month.
The Sydney couple who have mysteriously tested positive to coronavirus are infected by the double mutant Indian variant of the disease.
The B.1.617 strain was identified in the subcontinent in October, with two key mutations to the outer-spike protein that helps the virus bind and enter cells.
The couple have the second of three subvariants known as B.1.617.2. Scientists are not yet sure if the strain is more infectious or more deadly than original Covid, but many fear it probably is.
The Sydney couple who have mysteriously tested positive to coronavirus are infected by the double mutant Indian variant of the disease. Pictured: A Sydney commuter