NSW health authorities are desperate to find patient zero and link them to the state's first new case of community-transmitted coronavirus in five weeks. 9News
New South Wales health authorities are desperate to find patient zero and link them to the state's first new case of community-transmitted coronavirus in five weeks.
Health authorities believe he's been infectious since last Friday but the biggest fear is they have no idea how he contracted COVID-19 or where from."He hasn't returned from overseas, he hasn't worked in border or quarantine roles, he has not had any contact with the hospital system," Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said., almost doubling on Wednesday night to more than a dozen throughout the weekend.
People in Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, Summer Hill, Lewisham, Ashfield, Haberfield, Petersham, Lilyfield and Leichhardt are to be "especially vigilant" in monitoring for symptoms.Anyone who attended one of the following venues at the times specified is asked to immediately get tested and isolate until NSW Health provides further information.