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.
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Hundreds of Sydneysiders have been put on high alert after a Covid-positive hotel quarantine security guard visited several venues and caught public transport.
The worker s positive test was reported on Saturday night, breaking New South Wales streak of 55 days without a locally-acquired case.
The 47-year-old man works at the Sofitel Wentworth and the Mantra Hotel at Haymarket.
He was infectious while working a shift at the Mantra from 7pm on Friday night to 7am on Saturday, coming into contact with 130 people.
Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said the security guard then visited Angelo Anestis Aquatic Centre in Bexley on Saturday, March 13 from 9am to 9.30am and Pancakes on the rocks in Beverly Hills the same day from 10.45am to midday.
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