Australia records case of community transmission

STORY: Australia Virus - Australia records case of community transmission

LENGTH: 01:37

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TYPE: English/Natsound

SOURCE: AuBC

STORY NUMBER: 4324194

DATELINE: 5 May 2021 - Sydney

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Sydney – 5 May 2021

1. New South Wales state premier Gladys Berejiklian and officials arriving at news conference

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Gladys Berejiklian, New South Wales state premier:

"We got a case of community transmission in New South Wales. The gentleman is in his 50s, very active in the inner east, but can I firstly thank him for using his QR codes so Dr. (Kerry) Chant in giving her medical update will be able to announce a number of venues where he frequented during the time this we believe at this stage that he was infectious. I want to stress that health is undertaking genomic testing in relation to strains that exist in our quarantine system, but also the strains that exist in the other states as he may have undertaken some travel during that time or been exposed to people in other states."

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gladys Berejiklian, New South Wales state premier:

"We are in a pandemic and at any stage we could have a case of community transmission. Our job now is to get on top of it to identify any other potential cases, try to identify the source, and make that sure we get on top of this case."

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerry Chant, New South Wales state chief health officer:

"He hasn't returned from overseas, he hasn't worked in border or quarantine roles, he has not had any contact with the hospital system, so all of the usual routes where we would expect someone to have acquired the infection are not clear and that's why this is really requires us to do that genome sequencing to give us that understanding of where that source of infection was and then we can work back from that. In addition, we will be testing those around him, and so again that may lead us to some other chains of transmission."

5. Berejiklian and officials leaving

STORYLINE:

Officials in Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, announced one COVID-19 community transmission case on Wednesday, but it was unclear where the infection occurred.

The man who is in his 50's had not travelled overseas, or worked in the state's quarantine facilities, health officials said.

State premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney that health officials were undertaking genomic sequencing to help track down the source of infection.

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