Fears UK coronavirus mutant strain has snuck into NSW from Brisbane hotel
Daily MailThe UK coronavirus mutant strain may have slipped into New South Wales from returned travellers who have already quarantined in Queensland, health bosses fear. Contact tracers have been working tirelessly overnight to speak with returned travellers who were quarantined in the Brisbane hotel where a cleaner tested positive to the UK mutant strain of coronavirus. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said NSW Health have been working overnight to track down the travellers who jumped the border to return home following their hotel quarantine Explained: UK's mutant Covid strain The highly infectious mutant strain of Covid now has 27 variations after it was first identified in Kent County, England, on September 21. Late on Wednesday, Victoria's health department told anyone in Victoria who has completed mandatory hotel quarantine at the hotel since December 30 to get tested and quarantine at home until they receive a negative result. Saturday January 2: Train from Altandi to Roma Street at 7am Saturday January 2: Train from Central station to Altandi station at 4pm Sunday January 3: Woolworths Calamvale North from 11am to noon Tuesday January 5: Coles Sunnybank Hills from 7.30am to 8am Tuesday January 5: Nextra newsagent at Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown from 8am to 8.15am Anyone who had been at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Brisbane since December 30, either as a returned traveller or staff, must get tested and isolate for 14 days after they were last there Advertisement