Hundreds of people have been plunged into quarantine after a fly-in fly-out worker visited 11 locations while infectious for up to 16 days.
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan said the worker tested positive to Covid after returning from the Fortescue Cloudbreak mine in the state s north-west on July 27.
He visited three pubs, two medical centres, a Coles, Baker s Delight, and five other locations while potentially infectious, sparking fears of another lockdown.
The worker returned a weak positive test result and authorities are unsure when, or for how long, he was infectious in the community, but say it could be as long as 16 days.
More Perth exposure sites revealed after FIFO worker tests positive
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Authorities have added several new exposure sites to the list of Perth places a FIFO worker who tested positive to COVID-19 visited, urging anyone who also visited the sites to get tested and quarantine.
Three shops at the Greenwood Village Shopping Centre are now on the list. People who visited Coles on July 31 between 3pm and 3.30pm, Lewis Meats between 2.45pm and 3pm and Bakers Delight between 2.45pm and 3pm must get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.
Full list of Perth exposure sites visited by FIFO worker as WA Premier holds fire on lockdown
Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan says a very weak positive case has been detected in a FIFO worker, who was probably or possibly infectious in the Perth community for weeks.
Crystal WuDigital Reporter
August 5, 2021 - 9:00AM
Premier Mark McGowan has revealed a FIFO worker has tested positive for the Alpha variant of COVID-19, but remains tight lipped as to whether the state will plunge into another lockdown.
The fly-in-fly-out worker, a maintenance contractor in his 30s from Fortescue s Cloudbreak mine site, had returned a very, very weak positive test.