NSW Health investigates second possible Covid spread in hotel quarantine in Sydney

Three returned travellers staying in adjoining rooms at the Mercure hotel tested positive to the South African variant, after initially testing negative

New South Wales health authorities are investigating another potential transmission of Covid-19 between people staying in hotel quarantine in Sydney, as Western Australian officials confirmed two new cases had been acquired in hotel quarantine in Perth.

Three returned travellers arrived on 3 April on the same flight, and stayed in adjacent rooms at the Mercure hotel on George Street in Sydney's CBD.