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The families returned from different countries on different days, and NSW Health said the original family was believed to have been infectious between 8 April and 11 April, with investigations underway into how the transmission occurred.
All other guests on the 12th floor of the Adina Apartment hotel in the CBD returned negative results after being tested again, and staff who worked on the floor are self-isolating awaiting their results.
The families were both transferred out of the hotel into special health accommodation where they will remain until no longer infectious.
Transmission between people staying in hotel quarantine has been an ongoing struggle for state governments managing the programs. The Victorian government put the state into a five-day snap lockdown in February after one guest passed on Covid-19 to other guests and staff at the Holiday Inn.
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Three family members diagnosed with COVID-19 in hotel quarantine picked up the virus from fellow returned travellers, NSW Health has confirmed.
Health detectives believe the three cases picked up the virus from a family of four who stayed in the adjoining room of the Adina Apartment Hotel at Sydney s Town Hall.
Health was tipped off to the transmission after all seven people had the same sequence of the virus, despite arriving from different countries at different times.
The three cases have now been reclassified as locally acquired instead of overseas acquired, the government said on Sunday.
NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of #COVID19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
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Binnion has no access to fresh air, but sheâs staying positive. She is trying to maintain a sense of optimism and fun by sharing anecdotes on a Facebook group she set up specifically for Melburnians doing hotel quarantine together, exercising and attempting culinary creations.
âEven though I donât have the most glamorous view â Iâm looking over a BP service station â I do get a lot of sunlight which is lucky,â she says.
Stacey Binnion brings a bit of flair to her supplied hotel quarantine meal at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne airport.
âThe highlight of the day is when they announce meal times on the speaker phone and you don your mask and venture outside to collect your brown paper bag waiting in front of your doorstep.
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