More than 100 NSW health workers wait for coronavirus results after infections at Sydney hospitals

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More than 100 health workers across two Sydney hospitals are waiting to see if they have COVID-19, after fears a colleague caught the virus from a contaminated surface.

The three healthcare workers were diagnosed during investigations into an emergency department doctor reported on Saturday who worked at Sydney's Concord Repatriation General Hospital and Liverpool Hospital while infectious.Scott Morrison hopes Victoria's roadmap out of coronavirus restrictions is a 'worst-case scenario'

Authorities are concerned by the likelihood at least one of the new cases caught the virus while both parties were wearing masks."For some of the cases there isn't that clear-cut direct contact without a surgical mask," NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant told reporters on Monday."We are exploring avenues of whether there could be fomite transmission," Dr Chant said.

Dr Chant said NSW hospitals were still operating safely and effectively, and it was important NSW residents don't delay urgent care.Daniel Andrews defends coronavirus roadmap as state records lowest daily tally in more than two monthsMeanwhile, two Sydney schools are closed after students tested positive while the number of cases linked to a CBD gym has grown to 64.

 

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The WHO is 100% communism. Until we get truthful information about viral origins and access to labs from the CCP, we will never have a real vaccine.

They are employed by NSWHealth , so it is easier to manipulate the case number even it is an outbreak.

Covid19NSW Didn't the CDC say that surface contamination was rare and unlikely? I can't keep up any more...

Appreciate their apprehension but perhaps someone could calm their fears by pointing out the infinitesimal number of people 'with' the virus who actually get sick. Odds are almost entirely in their favour.

Fear fear fear!! 😩😩😩 Recovery rate is SIMILAR to the annual flu, so do people FEAR the flu? 😩😩😩😩

Covid19NSW Blaming 'Surfaces' and so claiming the Masks providing better protection than they actually do Don't want that to get out there ?

But Sydney is the gold standard. Nothing to see here.

Professor Clementi reveals how coronavirus today is a hundred times weaker than March. Massimo Clementi is a full Professor of Microbiology and Virology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. It's an absolutely macroscopic difference.

COVID19 in Australia has become a game for the state leaders. Cashing in on fear, daily appearances on stage, doing nothing else for the people over the past year.

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