Western Australia has recorded one new case of COVID-19 — detected in a person who attended the Perth Mess Hall event and had also been staying at the Fremantle hostel linked to the cluster.
Western Australia has recorded one new local case of COVID-19, which has also been linked to the French backpacker who tested positive earlier this month.
WA Health said the latest case attended the Perth Mess Hall event that the unvaccinated backpacker attended last Sunday night. They also stayed at the Old Fire Station hostel in Fremantle, which has been linked to another local case. A WA Health spokesperson said the person tested positive while in quarantine and is not considered to have been contagious while in the community.All cases related to this outbreak are assumed to be Delta, given that was the strain contracted by the French backpacker, who tested positive after arriving in WA from Queensland on December 12.
One non-locally acquired case was detected overnight in an overseas traveller who is in hotel quarantine.To date, WA Health has identified 548 close contacts and 998 casual contacts.list.Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.What you need to know about coronavirus:
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