New South Wales records no new cases of coronavirus as new alerts are issued for venues in western Sydney and the south coast
New South Wales has recorded no new local cases of coronavirus on Thursday but venues are on alert
Infectious patients have visited several venues in the western Sydney suburb of Wentworthville
There are also concerns the virus will spread on the state s south coast after a positive case visited
First published on Wed 6 Jan 2021 20.46 EST
A Queensland hotel quarantine worker has contracted the highly infectious UK strain of Covid-19, prompting the state’s health authorities to send aged care homes in parts of greater Brisbane into lockdown.
The cleaner, a woman in her 20s, was working at a hotel that contained patients with the strain, which has been found to be more infectious than previous strains.
The positive case sparked a call for testing across Brisbane on Thursday, even as New South Wales and Victoria both recorded zero cases of community transmission in the 24 hours to Wednesday 8pm.
A range of potential exposure sites in Brisbane’s southern suburbs, including two trains and two supermarkets, have now been declared. The woman lives in Algester, in Brisbane’s south, and anyone in Brisbane, especially in the suburbs of Algester, Sunnybank Hills and Calamvale, has been urged to get tested if they develop symptoms.