NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says van driver tested positive to coronavirus - ABC News

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has revealed a 45-year-old man has tested positive for coronavirus in the state this morning.

It's the state's first locally acquired coronavirus infection since a hotel quarantine worker tested positive at 1.30am on Thursday, December 3.

Mr Hazzard said the man "drives vans carrying international and other aircrew back and forth to the airport" and is based in Alexandria, in Sydney's inner city.

Health authorities said transporting aircrew was his "sole responsibility" and Mr Hazzard confirmed he was wearing a mask and taking other infection control measures.

The man's household contacts are being tested and NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said genomic sequencing — which could trace the origin of the man's infection to overseas strains of the virus — were pending.

She said the genomic sequencing is being expedited so authorities can get to the bottom of the source of the infection.

"That will confirm with us an understanding how recent the infection is," she said.

"We do keep an open mind, while we have a plausible hypothesis that this transmission may have originated from contact with international flight crew."

More to come.

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2020-12-16 00:20:00Z
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