Cases of UK s highly contagious mutant COVID strain detected in returned travellers in Australia
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Gladys Berejiklian said the strain on the northern beaches was similar to that detected in returnees from the US.
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The New South Wales Government says returned travellers carrying a mutated form of the COVID-19 virus have been detected in Australia; however, the new strain has not featured in the northern beaches outbreak.
Key points: a couple of returned travellers carried the new COVID-19 variant
Overnight, a WHO official said one case had been detected in Australia
If northern beaches coronavirus cluster spreads across Sydney, Christmas could be cancelled
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People wait for a COVID-19 test at a pop-up clinic in Avalon on Sydney s northern beaches.
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If Sydney s coronavirus cluster spreads beyond the northern beaches, there could be dire consequences for Christmas celebrations.
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Social distancing restrictions for Christmas will be reassessed on Wednesday
Authorities are analysing the cluster to see if it has spread beyond Sydney s northern beaches
That s the message from leading epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws, who has been analysing the pandemic and this latest outbreak closely.
Bryan Brown, Rachel Ward have been subject of false Avalon cluster rumours
Gossip wrongly claimed they had been the northern beaches superspreaders
It was apparently born of them being seen getting a Covid test last week
The couple had been visiting their daughter who lives in the area at Whale Beach
The test was negative, daughter Rosie told Daily Mail Australia on Monday
Sydney s northern beaches cluster grows, as 15 new coronavirus infections recorded
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The coronavirus cluster on Sydney s northern beaches has grown to 83 cases, as record numbers of people come forward for testing in NSW.
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There were 15 new infections recorded yesterday half the number from the previous reporting period
However, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said it was too early to say whether that drop was a trend
She also said the situation was being reviewed hourly ahead of Christmas