A Covid-19 cluster linked to Perth’s backpacker community has continued to grow with dozens of close contacts yet to be tested.
One of the positive cases was a close contact of the French backpacker at the centre of the most recent outbreak who had attended the Mess Hall exposure event.
Premier Mark McGowan said the case highlighted how the onset of the virus could occur later, particularly with the Delta variant. Western Australia recorded two new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday. Picture: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images Contact tracers have identified 704 close contacts of the backpacker cluster, of which 92 per cent have so far tested negative.Mr McGowan added that 16 of those people were unlikely to be reached by contact tracers having provided false or misleading information when registering.“WA Police and WA Health continue to do everything possible to track the remaining people down,” he said.
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