New South Wales Police have issued fines to two people breaching hotel quarantine restrictions in Sydney’s Pier One hotel.
A returned RAAF officer in hotel quarantine reportedly became acquainted with a 53-year-old woman through the hotel windows before security discovered her leaving the 26-year-old’s room at 12:45am on Wednesday morning. Both parties were issued with a $1000 fine, while the woman was told to check out of the hotel and present herself for testing before going to self-isolate in her Hornsby home.
NSW recorded seven new cases overnight including three returned travellers in hotel quarantine, one returned traveller from Melbourne in quarantine, one linked to the Concord Hospital and another to a health worker at Liverpool Hospital. Only one mystery case was reported. Health authorities pleaded with state residents to continue getting tested, particularly in Western and south-Western Sydney, following a concerning drop in testing numbers.
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