Australia now has 30 patients who have been diagnosed with coronavirus, including the first confirmed cases of community transmission.
On Monday afternoon the New South Wales health minister, Brad Hazzard, said a 41 year-old NSW woman caught the disease and that her case could be traced back to her 43-year-old brother who had returned from Iran.
More concerningly, the minister said a 53-year-old health worker had been diagnosed with the virus.
Hazzard said the infected man had been “working in a healthcare setting” in NSW directly with patients and had not travelled overseas for three months.
“NSW health has begun work to determine what contact there may have been to have given him transmission of the virus,” he said. “We’re taking all the necessary steps to find out how the individual managed to acquire the virus.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/coronavirus-first-cases-of-community-transmission-confirmed-in-australia
On Monday afternoon the New South Wales health minister, Brad Hazzard, said a 41 year-old NSW woman caught the disease and that her case could be traced back to her 43-year-old brother who had returned from Iran.
More concerningly, the minister said a 53-year-old health worker had been diagnosed with the virus.
Hazzard said the infected man had been “working in a healthcare setting” in NSW directly with patients and had not travelled overseas for three months.
“NSW health has begun work to determine what contact there may have been to have given him transmission of the virus,” he said. “We’re taking all the necessary steps to find out how the individual managed to acquire the virus.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/coronavirus-first-cases-of-community-transmission-confirmed-in-australia
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