A Sydney man who spent two weeks in hotel quarantine in Victoria has tested positive for coronavirus after returning to NSW, sparking a crisis at the Woolworths he worked at.
Key points:
- The man works in the self-service section of Woolworths and is believed to be “low-level” infectious
- NSW Health said he was wearing a mask while flying from Melbourne to Sydney
- Another Victorian traveller was screened at a Sydney train station with COVID-19 symptoms
The store in Balmain, in Sydney’s inner-west, has told 50 staff to self-isolate, and NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard warned anyone who had been to the supermarket to be “alert”.
The ABC understands the man had recently returned from Bangladesh and had been quarantining in a Melbo