Health
Two people contract COVID-19 in WA hotel quarantine, NSW on alert for more local cases – SBS News
The WA Health Department has confirmed two travellers have contracted COVID-19 in hotel quarantine, while NSW Health is on alert after another potential breach…
Two returned travellers have contracted COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Perth, sparking an investigation into the source of the infections.
The WA Health Department had previously reported the infections as being acquired overseas.
But genome sequencing has since confirmed transmission occurred at the Mercure Hotel Perth.
“The virus was transmitted in hotel quarantine at the Mercure Hotel Perth, as two sets of guests, in rooms opposite each other, had the same sequence of virus – despite arriving…
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