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Second virus case in NSW quarantine guard – 7NEWS.com.au
A second Sydney quarantine security guard is confirmed to have COVID-19 after a week-long testing blitz on contacts of a guard who tested positive on August 14.
The NSW opposition wants the state government to give hotel quarantine security staff full-time jobs to avoid a Victorian-style outbreak.
A second security guard who worked at the Marriott Hotel in Sydney has tested positive for COVID-19 after a week-long testing blitz on contacts of the first, who tested positive on August 14.
He was the sole person among the first ill guard’s 700 contacts to return a COVID-positive test.
NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said the two guards worked the…
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