World News – AU – The NSW COVID-19 case is “more likely” infected with viruses in the quarantine of the hotel in Sydney

Experts have called a person who tested positive for COVID-19 two days after leaving hotel quarantine an “extreme outlier” to check whether they were actually infected in Sydney

The infection, revealed late Sunday evening, was found 16 days after the person from South America arrived in Australia during a mandatory test for returned travelers from overseas

But the conspiracy deepened yesterday afternoon when NSW Health revealed that “extensive investigations” were ongoing after several cases were linked to Sydney’s quarantine hotel, Sofitel Wentworth

Leading epidemiologist Fiona Stanaway of the University of NSW described the case as an “extreme outlier” when infected overseas

Dr Stanaway cited a Canadian study and said 975 percent of people who contracted COVID-19 would be infected on Jan. Test day positive

“The 16 So it’s not out of the realm of possibility, it’s just very, very, very unusual, “she said

“If they caught it after 14 days and it was possible it would be an extreme outlier

NSW Health announced yesterday that anyone staying on the same floor as the new case at Sofitel Wentworth would be wiped again

The returned traveler went on arrival from South America on Jan. January in hotel quarantine

The asymptomatic person was tested for COVID-19 on the second day of their stay at the hotel and gave a negative result

Two days after the person re-entered the community and visited multiple venues in Wollongong and southeast Sydney, NSW Health ran a third test

The potentially contagious COVID-19 case yesterday visited hotels, cafes, shops and a supermarket and sent hundreds to test centers in Wollongong and Sydney’s Brighton-Le-Sands

However, the case’s test results showed a low level of infection and seven close contacts have already tested negative, NSW Health said in a statement

Aside from an unusually long incubation period, Dr Stanaway suggests that there are other explanations for how the “extreme runaway” got infected, including being caught at the hotel

The hotel quarantine system in Sydney has been called the “gold standard” in the country, but no system is perfect, said Dr Stanaway

Melbourne University epidemiologist Nancy Baxter said she was convinced the infection occurred at the Sofitel

“If you had to bet, the bet would be that this was placed in hotel quarantine while this was only a very rare case of an extremely long incubation period for COVID-19”

Dr Baxter said it was time to overhaul hotel quarantine systems to make sure the ventilation and airflow are “as perfect as possible”

“Hotel halls are definitely at risk of being an environment where you can contract COVID-19,” she said

In a statement, NSW Health said the case had implications for testing Jan. Day Proven, which were introduced nationwide last week

“Such tests can catch infections that have developed through exposure during the quarantine period or in the rare instances where cases have long incubation periods,” a spokesman said

Dr Stanaway said it was also possible that the second swab done in the person’s hotel quarantine was a “false negative”

She said the main cause of a false negative result on a COVID-19 test is an incorrectly performed swab

The risk of a false negative result or a long incubation period is people being required to isolate or quarantine for 14 days even after being cleared up by a test, said Dr Stanaway

“The virus takes time to multiply in your body and make you sick”

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