BREAKING: There have been no new confirmed coronavirus infections in NSW, but there’s a key reason why officials are still worried the virus could be spreading in Sydney.
Chief health officer Kerry Chant said on Monday the eastern suburbs man who was infected last week likely had a “fleeting” contact with an unknown person described as a missing link.
That missing link would be the intermediary between the eastern suburbs man and a returned traveller from the US who has been identified as the likely source of last week’s spread. Finding that missing link would go a long way towards easing officials’ fears that the virus may be spreading among Sydneysiders who have no idea they’re infected.
“We have tested everyone in close proximity to this gentleman the contact with the infectious person must have been very fleeting,” Dr Chant said. “So because of that we're still concerned that there may be chains of transmission in the community that are yet unrecognized.”
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