Patient tested for coronavirus at Fiona Stanley Hospital in WA

Authorities say they are awaiting test results on a patient who attended Perth’s Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) with suspected COVID-19.

Perth and parts of Western Australia were thrust into lockdown on Sunday after a security guard at the Four Points by Sheraton quarantine hotel tested positive for the virus.

WA Health have said now a second patient has presented to FSH in Perth’s south, but it is not yet known whether they are COVID-positive.

However, the Health Department has cautioned the case could be historic which could mean the individual was not infectious while in WA.

Hospital staff asked to stay home until results in

“The WA health system has processes in place for case management of both suspected and positive cases,” a statement…