“Very serious”: Thousands in Sydney potentially exposed to infected woman
Health experts worry thousands of people have been exposed to COVID-19 after one infected woman travelled across the city using a dozen different trains and light rail services.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Thursday that a woman who is employed at a Sydney hotel complex that worked with travellers quarantining, tested positive for the virus.
The woman travelled on the train from Minto to Lidcombe and Central and on the light rail from Central to Darling Harbour on a number of occasions while she was potentially highly infectious.
Hotel staff at the Ibis hotel in Darling Harbour and Novotel are all being tested and anyone who lives in the Minto area is being urged to come forward for testing.
Ms Berejiklian said the situation was “very serious” and she “won’t hesitate to act” if the situation requires NSW’s restrictions to change.