Health
New NSW COVID case diagnosed with highly transmissible UK strain of coronavirus – 7NEWS.com.au
The security guard, who travelled into the community, has been diagnosed with the highly transmissible UK strain of coronavirus.
Genomic testing has confirmed the COVID-19 strain acquired by a vaccinated Sydney hotel quarantine worker is the more transmissible UK variant, B1.1.7.
The states Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant confirmed the 47-year-old mans infection has been linked to the viral strain of a COVID-positive returned traveller who was in the Sofitel Wentworth quarantine hotel while infectious.
The man had worked as a security guard at both the Sofitel Wentworth and Mantra at Haymarket hotels in inner Sydney.
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