Health officials scrambled through the night to reach 48 passengers who left Sydney airport without being screened, with the majority undergoing tests on Wednesday and three referred to the police
Sydneysider Jacinda Fermanis was one of the 48 passengers who left the airport without screening. She awoke to an email and phone calls from NSW Health early on Wednesday morning, advising that she should have been screened at the airport and instructing her to attend a drive-through screening that day.before they had been screened by health staff," the email said.
The email stated that passengers would not be tested for COVID-19 at the Summer Hill site unless they were symptomatic. "There were no messages, there were no health officials, there were no police, there was truly not a single thing there. I remember holding my form, thinking 'this is f---ed'." She said the airline staff handed out a health kit with a face mask and hand sanitiser and she received the form before boarding."I don’t think there was a spare seat to be honest," Ms Fermanis said.
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