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WA teenager catches COVID-19 after entering hotel quarantine to look after infected brother – PerthNow
A WA teenager has contracted COVID-19 from his younger brother in hotel quarantine in Perth.
A WA teenager has contracted COVID-19 from his younger brother in hotel quarantine in Perth.
The 18-year-old entered hotel quarantine to act as a guardian for his brother, who is a minor.
The Health Department said the younger sibling tested positive for coronavirus after he flew into WA.
The last recorded case of an infected child was on Saturday. Its not known if the child was already a known carrier of the virus when his older brother joined him in the hotel room.
The brothers remain together…
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