Victoria has reported three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, as the state anticipates an announcement on the possible easing of restrictions from Friday. Subscribe: Read more here:
The state officially recorded a total of five new local cases on Tuesday, which includes two cases revealed by authorities at a Tuesday afternoon press conference, which are both linked to a Southbank apartment complex outbreak. The health department said the three new cases revealed today were linked to current outbreaks.
NSW Health authorities are investigating another possible instance of COVID-19 spreading among returned travellers in hotel quarantine. NSW Health said on Tuesday night it was unclear how and where transmission occurred from a couple to another returned traveller who were all staying on the fourth floor of the Radisson Blu quarantine hotel. All three cases arrived in Sydney on the same flight from Doha on June 1, and stayed in adjacent rooms in the quarantine hotel in Sydney’s CBD.
Genomic sequencing has shown all three cases have identical viral sequences of the UK variant, also known as the Alpha strain, of the virus. The couple tested positive on a routine day two-test on June 3, while the other returned traveller tested negative on the same date but positive for COVID-19 when tested two days later. All three were transferred from the quarantine hotel to special accommodation where they remain.
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