Traveller hotel quarantined in Melbourne, returns to work at Woolworths in Sydney and tests positive for coronavirus.

The following article perplexed me because of the situation. A person who was a traveller was kept in quarantine for 14 days. They then went to Sydney and worked in a Woolworths store and had symptoms. Tested returned a positive result. 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-02/victorian-rail-passengers-screened-in-nsw-coronavirus-crackdown/12414668

This person was kept in hotel quarantine, did get tested, did everything requested, flew home to Sydney and returned to work. They did nothing wrong. They did however test positive.

The following is what perplexed me from the article.

"If you are symptom-free for 72 hours and it's been at least 10 days since your onset of your symptoms than you are deemed non-infectious," Dr Chant said.

If would be interesting to know if this is a false positive, and if not, it does mean people leaving hotel quarantine could still be infected.

Kelvin Eldridge

www.Mapz.com.au/coronavirusvictoria/