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Canberra records a new COVID-19 case, just one day after ACT declared free of known coronavirus cases
A woman who travelled to Canberra on a diplomatic passport has been diagnosed with COVID-19, just one day after the ACT was once again declared free of known cases.
Key points:
- A diplomat who returned to Canberra on Monday has tested positive to COVID-19
- ACT Health has been in touch with two close contacts, but says the case poses a low threat to the Canberra community
- Three negative tests have so far been returned among the 120 Australians who arrived on a repatriation flight on Thursday
The woman, who is in her 50s, returned to Canberra on Monday after flying into Sydney and travelling to the ACT by private car.
She has been in quarantine and poses a low risk of infecting others, according to ACT Health.
“She has followed all the correct…
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