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Originally Posted by Tickford.
A little bit more detail about this case has been released. Mother and daughter (Melbourne residents) drove down to Melbourne (Moonee Valley LGA) from Sydney's northern beaches very late Thursday night, or very early Friday morning. Daughter (15 years old) had been at several exposure sites, including the Avalon RSL and bowling club. They stopped at Gundagai's Oliver's Real Food on Thursday night. Daughter showed mild symptoms on Saturday, so decided to go and get tested. A positive result was received on Sunday.
Since they arrived before the border restrictions, there's no record of them arriving in Melbourne. Only decided to get tested because daughter showed symptoms.
If the daughter didn't show symptoms, she could've been out in the community, and potentially spread it around in Melbourne. How many others have arrived in Melbourne from NSW hot spots before the border closure? How many will be willing to do the right thing and get tested (specially if they're NSW residents), knowing that if they return a positive result their Christmas and New Year plans are done and dusted??
Well done to the mother and daughter for doing the right thing by getting tested, and telling contact tracers exactly where and who they had exposure with.
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^^^ I Agree..
Bet there's a lot of less honest people who got out of Sydney about the same timeframe with symptoms who haven't bothered to get tested..