Investment company Apollo Global Management managing director Tom Pizzey has been identified by the Australian Financial Review as the man linked to Sydney’s latest COVID-19 scare.Mr Pizzey is understood to have contracted the “double mutant” Indian strain of the virus earlier this month, with his wife later testing positive to COVID-19 as well.RELATED: Disturbing theory about Sydney outbreakRELATED: Vaccinated travellers test positive to COVIDThe publication understands Mr Pizzey is still suffering coronavirus symptoms, with Apollo confirming it is assisting NSW Health in relation to a positive virus case.“The employee has not travelled outside Australia this year,” an Apollo spokesperson told AFR.Mr Pizzey, who is one of Apollo’s only two full-time employees in Australia, is understood to be the mystery COVID-19 case who visited multiple venues on May 1 while unknowingly infectious, including several BBQ stores.Two of those trips were to different Barbeques Galore stores in Casula and Annandale.The chain is in its early stages of auction and, while Mr Pizzey was searching for a new BBQ, AFR reports he was also checking out the stores for Apollo, with reports the company is considering acquiring the chain.In the same day, Mr Pizzey also visited Joe’s Barbeques & Heating in Silverwater, Tucker Barbecues in Silverwater and The Meat Store in Bondi JunctionRELATED: New Zealand travel bubble to resumeNSW extends COVID-19 restrictionsThe new COVID-19 infection sparked panic across NSW as authorities have been unable to determine how Mr Pizzey contracted the virus.So far authorities have connected Mr Pizzey’s genomic sequencing to a returned traveller from the US who tested positive in hotel quarantine, but they have been unable to find the missing link between the pair.Last week, Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced a raft of COVID-19 restrictions would be reinstated from Thursday evening to Sunday night.Despite NSW recording no new locally acquired coronavirus cases, authorities made the decision to extend the restrictions for another week over concerns about the missing link.Covid venues nswResidents are no longer required to wear masks in retail settings but the following restrictions will remain in place until 12.01am on May 17:• Visitors to households are limited to 20 guests, including children• Masks are compulsory on public transport and in public indoor venues, such as theatres, hospitals, and aged care facilities• Drinking while standing up at indoor venues is not allowed• Singing at indoor shows or by congregants at indoor places of worship is not allowed• Dancing is not allowed at indoor hospitality venues or nightclubs however, dancing is allowed at weddings with a strong recommendation that no more than 20 people should be on the dancefloor at any one time• Visitors to aged care facilities are limited to two people per dayThese restrictions apply to Greater Sydney, Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains.FTN am May 10On Thursday, Ms Berejiklian said it was “business as usual” for anyone outside those areas but urged people to “be sensible” in a bid to avoid unknowingly spreading the virus if an outbreak was spreading undetected within the community.“Maintain your good social distancing. Make sure you avoid large events if you’re vulnerable and make sure you exhibit good hand hygiene and most importantly make sure, if you have the mildest of symptoms, you come forward and get tested,” she said.“What is really critical to all of us in New South Wales is to make sure that we’re on alert.”How to find news on news.com.au
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