A man aged in his 50s and his wife became the first locally-acquired cases of the virus in NSW in more than a month when they tested positive last week.Although the man’s genetic sequencing is a perfect match for a returned traveller from the US in hotel quarantine, NSW Health is yet to trace the exact point of transmission.Authorities continue to believe he caught the virus during brief contact with an infectious person who was likely running errands in the community.“The team has been thinking of every which way this transmission could have occurred,” Dr Chant told 2GB on Tuesday.“(So far it is a) case that’s popped up in the eastern suburbs without explanation.“We’ve always got to keep an open mind that there could be another source. “This always adds uncertainty but at the moment we don’t have any clear crossover point for this gentleman.”NSW Health has listed nine venues as close contact, which requires people who visited during allocated times to self-isolate for 14 days regardless of their test result.Dr Chant urged businesses and their customers to continue vigilantly signing in using the Service NSW app’s QR code.“This is a wake up call … the QR codes, we really need those and people to be using them,” she said.“I think people can get a bit complacent. “We have asked people to make sure they are in prominent places (within stores).“We want to make sure there’s no other transmission occurring in the community that we are missing.“(COVID-19) can be quite mild … so people might be putting off getting a test. But we need everyone pulling together … and come forward for testing.”
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