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NSW quarantine hotel worker tests positive to coronavirus – ABC News
NSW Health is conducting urgent genomic testing to identify the source of infection of a security guard who has tested positive for coronavirus. He is the first…
Health authorities are racing to identify the source of infection of a security guard who has tested positive for coronavirus.
Key points:
- The worker is employed at the Sofitel Wentworth and Mantra in Haymarket
- The 47-year-old security guard received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on March 2
- His household contacts are isolating and have so far tested negative
The positive case breaks NSW’s 55-day streak of no locally acquired coronavirus cases.
The 47-year-old works mostly weekends at the Sofitel…
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