NSW records one new COVID-19 case amid concerns mystery infection could reset QLD ‘border clock’

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Source: AAP

NSW has recorded no locally acquired cases of COVID-19 after a mystery new case on Friday ended the state’s three-day streak of no community transmission.

The state recorded just one new case in the latest reporting period – a returned traveller in hotel quarantine.

The case was detected from 12,258 tests. NSW Health is urging people to get tested as soon as symptoms appear as residents move across the state a lot more during the start of the school holidays.

NSW Health is urging people to get tested as soon as symptoms appear as residents move across the state a lot more during the start of the school holidays.

NSW Health said on Friday the man had not had contact with a previously confirmed case.

Queensland chief health officer Jeannette Young said it appeared the infection would reset the border clock with NSW but she would await the result of the investigation.

NSW must record 28 days with no community transmissions before its border with Queensland is reopened – a feat Premier Gladys Berejiklian has described as a “pretty tall order”.

That target was on track to be reached on October 6 but the case has put it in doubt.

NSW Health has advised anyone who attended Woolworths in Campbelltown Mall on September 17 between 1.30pm and 2pm is considered a casual contact of the man and must monitor for symptoms.

People in Australia must stay at least 1.5 metres away from others. Check your state’s restrictions on gathering limits. If you are experiencing cold or flu symptoms, stay home and arrange a test by calling your doctor or contact the Coronavirus Health Information Hotline on 1800 020 080.

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