Extensive investigation launched after several COVID-19 cases discovered at Sydney quarantine hotel
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Every person staying on the same floor at the Sofitel Wentworth is being re-tested.
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An extensive investigation has been launched to probe whether a person who tested positive for COVID-19 two days after leaving hotel quarantine was infected at Sydney s Sofitel Wentworth.
Key points:
The person visited several venues in Wollongong as well as a cafe in Brighton-Le-Sands
They had no symptoms but were tested two days after quarantine as part of new screening protocols
NSW recorded zero new local cases of COVID-19 overnight
NSW Health is carrying out precautionary public health follow-up in relation to a returned overseas traveller who tested positive to COVID-19 on day 16.
A returned traveller has tested positive to coronavirus after they were released from hotel quarantine in Sydney.
The Australian from Wollongong tested negative twice during their 14-day quarantine but returned a positive test two days after being released.
NSW Health announced just hours earlier earlier that returned Australians would be tested again after leaving hotel quarantine to prevent exactly this scenario.
An alert list was issued of 10 Wollongong venues and a cafe in Brighton Le Sands in Sydney s south visited by the infected case following their release from quarantine.
Other venues included Thirroul Beach, a popular shopping centre in Figtree, an Optus in North Wollongong, Woolworths in Bulli, a hotel in Austinmer and an Officeworks in Fairy Meadow visited twice in the space of 24 hours.