Experts warn that NSW will know in the next two weeks if the virus spread 'is growing or not' after a man who is not a frontline worker and had zero links to hotel quarantine moved freely across multiple Sydney venues while infectious.
The next two weeks will be critical in preventing an outbreak of COVID-19 in NSW after a man in his 50s contracted it locally, an expert warns.The man visited a number of venues in Sydney while infectiousThe eastern suburbs man hasn't been overseas recently, and doesn't work in a hotel quarantine, border or health role, setting off alarms on how he contracted the virus in the community.
"It is worrying because it's unknown where this man acquired this infection. Who did they get infected from? That's the real question of interest."She believes the man's infection will probably be traced back to hotel quarantine, but wonders how many people would have contracted the virus to link the two."That's really concerning," Professor MacIntyre said.The man travelled to shops throughout eastern, central and western Sydney over a three-day period.
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