Family fears toddler contracted Sydney Delta strain while in hotel quarantine

Exclusive: NSW Health interviewing staff and studying CCTV after child tested positive shortly after leaving accommodation

NSW health authorities are investigating concerns that Covid-19 circulating in the Sydney community has infiltrated hotel quarantine rooms and infected otherwise healthy returning travellers.

The investigation was triggered after a child who flew from Mexico to Australia in late July tested positive for coronavirus 36 hours after leaving quarantine. Genomic sequencing confirmed it was Sydney’s Delta strain.

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