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Hospital worker, Bunnings employee among 10 new NSW coronavirus infections – SBS News
A health care worker at a northern Sydney hospital has been diagnosed with COVID-19 after working a full shift in the facility’s emergency department.
The Hornsby Hospital staffer worked on August 6 from 11am to midnight while infectious, the Northern Sydney Local Health District said in a statement on Saturday night, but was wearing a mask at all times while in contact with patients.
The worker was asymptomatic at the time but became unwell after their shift.
Staff in contact with the worker have been identified and told to self-isolate for 14 days, while those who attended the hospital on August 6 are being chased up.
The worker was one o…
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