Unsolved mystery: what does it mean if we can't tell how someone caught coronavirus?

About 10% of Australia’s Covid-19 cases are ‘source unknown’. Should we be worried about community transmission?

“Clearly we do have community transmission in Victoria,” the state’s health minister, Jenny Mikakos, said on Thursday. “I want to reiterate the message to Victorians to take this issue seriously.”

Eighteen new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the state on Thursday, including eight of community transmission where the source of the infection is unknown. “Many of these cases are people with very, very mild symptoms, but they’ve done the right thing and gone and been tested,” Mikakos said.

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