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Coronavirus health alert in Wollongong, Brighton Le Sands after returned traveller tests positive after leaving hotel quarantine
NSW Health has issued a precautionary alert for sites in Wollongong and south-eastern Sydney after a returned overseas traveller tested positive to COVID-19 on day 16, two days after leaving their mandatory two-week hotel quarantine.
In a statement issued on Sunday evening, the health department said the person was not showing any symptoms, but had been tested as part of an enhanced follow-up strategy for people returning from overseas.
They returned two negative tests during their 14 days in isolation.
The statement said the person has a low level of infection and their household contacts have so far returned negative results.
More to come.
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