A Victorian teenager holidaying on the South Coast of NSW tests positive for coronavirus. The teenager and his family were tested for the virus before they left Victoria and given a clean bill of health.
A teenager from Victoria who is on holiday on the NSW South Coast has been diagnosed with COVID-19, after a testing error by Victorian authorities.He tested negative in Victoria, but his state health authorities told him it was an errorThe teenage male and his family were tested for the virus before they left Victoria and given a clean bill of health.
Family contacts are now in isolation, Dr Chant said, but added that the family had also visited the Tathra Hotel while infectious. "The NSW Government is considering compulsory hotel quarantine of 14 days for those residents which they will have to pay for," she said.
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