BREAKING: Health authorities are racing to trace the movements of a man who has tested positive to coronavirus in Victoria after finishing hotel quarantine interstate.
The health department said “full public health response” was underway after the man in his 30s recently returned to Australia from overseas and undertook hotel quarantine in South Australia.
He arrived in Victorian and returned to his home in Wollert on May 4, developing symptoms four days later.He got tested on Monday and returned a positive result on Tuesday.The health department said further tests had been arranged urgently to confirm the diagnosis. “Until then, the department is treating this as a positive case and acting accordingly,” it said on Tuesday.The man is isolated at home along with his household primary close contacts, who are being interviewed and will be urgently tested.trending in national
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