Dr Kerry Chant has warned it is a 'critical time' in the New South Wales virus response phase as authorities attempted to 'mop up' community transmission from the Crossroads Hotel cluster.
|Dr Kerry Chant has warned it is a "critical time" in the New South Wales virus response phase as authorities attempted to "mop up" community transmission from the Crossroads Hotel cluster. The NSW Chief Medical Officer confirmed 10 new coronavirus cases urging residents in Sydney's south west to "sustain high rates of testing" to ensure the state did not experience a Victoria-style second wave.
Dr Chant expressed concern over three cases which remained under investigation because it indicated authorities may have "missed a chain". "Some of the individuals have been able to spread the virus and infect quite a number of their household group," she said. "It highlights we have the impression the people we're associating with are safe... but household contacts and social groups are the most likely to infect you.
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