Sydney Quarantine Hotel Guard COVID Positive

Sydney Quarantine Hotel Guard COVID Positive
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant speaks during a press conference at Parliament House on Aug. 5, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
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A security guard at a Sydney quarantine hotel has tested positive to COVID-19, but health authorities are playing down the likelihood a Victorian-style breach of the program.

Genome sequencing has linked the guard’s infection to a returned traveller who was in quarantine at the Marriott Hotel at Circular Quay and tested positive on Aug. 2.

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