New South Wales Records Zero Cases of COVID-19 but Remains on High Alert
New South Wales has recorded zero cases of the CCP virus 24 hours after the state went on high alert after a potentially infectious Victorian man travelled extensively through the southern regions of the state.
The man and his family, who were on a trip to Jervis Bay and Hyam’s Beach, from May 19 to May 24, visited a number of venues and locations that have now become possible COVID-19 hotspots. The man developed symptoms on May 25 when he was back in Victoria, but did not get tested until nearly a week later.
Urgent wastewater testing is being conducted on the South Coast after a Victorian family holidayed in the area last month before testing positive to COVID-19.
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NSW authorities are alarmed by a plunge in the number of people checking in to venues fearing the lack of compliance would complicate the control of a new coronavirus outbreak in the state.
NSW remained the only jurisdiction not to close its border to Victoria as the southern state went into a seven day-circuit breaker lockdown after recording 12 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Instead, Victorian arrivals to NSW will be forced to isolate for seven days.
People were waiting about 200 minutes for COVID-19 testing in Melbourne on Thursday morning.
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The total number of cases linked to the Melbourne cluster is now 26 - including one in intensive care- with tracers managing at least 10,000 primary and secondary contacts after unknowingly infected persons visited AFL games and shopping centres.