Mount Druitt Hospital Shuts Emergency Department After COVID-19 Case

Premier Gladys Berejiklian during a COVID-19 update press conference in Sydney, Australia on Nov. 25, 2020. Damian Shaw-Pool/Getty Images

Mount Druitt Hospital in Sydney’s west was forced to close after a patient in the emergency department tested positive for COVID-19 after presenting with respiratory symptoms on Saturday.

The patient was placed into a section of the emergency department reserved for COVID-19 cases.