Released 08/03/2020
The ACT Health Directorate has been notified by the NSW Government that an Australian Defence Force person with COVID-19 may have been infectious when the person travelled on two flights between Sydney and Canberra on February 28.
The flight details are:
- FLIGHT 1: 6.45am QF1509 Sydney to Canberra; and
- FLIGHT 2: 2.35pm VA651 Canberra to Sydney.
ACT Health Directorate is asking anyone seated in rows 2-6 on the first flight, or rows 3-7 on the second flight, to self-quarantine and call the Communicable Diseases Control information line on 5124 9213.
Anyone else travelling on these flights in other rows are not considered to be close contacts and should monitor their health until 13 March and to contact their GP for assessment and testing if they develop any symptoms.
It has been confirmed the person from these flights attended a meeting at Defence Headquarters at Russell.
ACT Health is working with the Australian Defence Force and NSW Health to contact ACT residents at that meeting.
We know this person travelled to and from the meeting in a private car.
The signs and symptoms to look out for include:
- fever
- flu-like symptoms such as coughing, sore throat or headaches; or
- difficulty breathing.
The ACT Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerryn Coleman, confirms there are currently zero confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the ACT.
More information about close and casual contact is available on the ACT Health website: https://health.act.gov.au/public-health-alert/updated-information-about-covid-19
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