NSW coronavirus warning as Sydney airport driver tests positive for COVID-19
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A Sydney van driver who this morning tested positive for COVID-19 attended a junior soccer match while infectious.
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The man wore a mask and observed infection control measures, NSW Health says
NSW Health is meeting with airlines to strengthen quarantine measures for aircrews
NSW coronavirus warnings have been issued since the man, who drives international flight crews to and from Sydney Airport, tested positive for COVID-19.
The man attended the Forest Rangers FC Little Rangers session at Gannons Park in Peakhurst on Friday between 4.30pm and 5.30pm.
Anyone who attended is considered a casual contact of the man but NSW Health is urging all adults who were present to get tested immediately and isolate as a precaution until they receive a negative result. Children in attendance should be monitored for symptoms and get tested if any occur, NSW Health advised.
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The driver employed by Sydney Ground Transport returned a positive test at 7am on Wednesday, prompting the NSW government to explore greater restrictions for international aircrew entering the state.
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The other new case is a 45-year-old southwest Sydney man, who drives vans ferrying international air crew. The man was first symptomatic on Saturday but did not get tested until Tuesday afternoon.
He was confirmed virus-positive on Wednesday morning. (This) highlights what I was talking about last week when I said that the NSW government s focus, as the virus seemed to be contained in terms of community transmission, our most exposed areas (were) principally around our borders, Health Minister Brad Hazzard told reporters. We may be an island, but we are not totally isolated from the pandemic that is raging across the world.
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Catalyst for change: How the pandemic changed the way we live and work
December 12, 2020
Massimo and Millie Di Maio with their children, Leo and Luca and their dog, Tilly, at their rural property in Jembaicumbene, near Braidwood.
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For Millie Di Maio, 31, the 2020 pandemic provided an unexpected opportunity to escape the rat race.
At the start of the year, Di Maio was living in Macquarie Park in northern Sydney with her husband and five-year-old twins, travelling to and from the Sydney CBD each day for a demanding job with KPMG. She d leave home at 7am, then race back in the afternoon to collect her sons from after-school care by 6pm before hustling them through dinner and bed. It was just jam-packed from start to finish, she says.