More Exposure Sites Added To Health Alert as Quarantine Worker Contracts COVID-19

More Exposure Sites Added To Health Alert as Quarantine Worker Contracts COVID-19
NSW Chief Health officer Kerry Chant at a press conference in Homebush in Sydney, Australia on Aug. 17, 2020. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images
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NSW Health has published a new public health alert after a 47-year-old security guard, who worked at two quarantine hotels, the Sofitel Hotel in Wentworth and the Mantra Hotel in Haymarket, tested positive to COVID-19 on the weekend.  This marks the end of NSW’s 56-day COVID-free record.

In a media release on Monday, NSW Health noted that there were now 12 exposure sites, including two public transport routes under public Health Alert. They have also advised that anyone at Beverly Hills Pancakes on the Rocks 507 King Georges Road on Saturday, March 13, between 10:45 am–12 pm to  “immediately be tested and isolate for 14 days regardless of the result.”