NSW Health authorities are expecting more cases linked to a seven-year-old student at a Sydney primary school who tested positive
was evidence the virus was still active in the community "albeit at very low levels".
"We expect that in the next 24 hours we'll be talking about at least one, possibly more, cases of transmission."
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