A removalist from Greater Sydney has tested positive to COVID-19 after visiting Victoria and South Australia.
Victoria's Health Minister Martin Foley said health authorities were made aware of the positive case in the man late last night.
The man returned a positive result yesterday after getting tested on July 10. He stayed overnight in Victoria on July 8, before driving to South Australia on July 9.
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https://twitter.com/_StephAnderson/status/1414384930902011906The removalist visited households during his visit to Victoria for work purposes.
Several residents will now need to quarantine after being potentially exposed to COVID-19.
A number of new exposure sites are expected to arise in the state.
"There will be families that will likely have been exposed and we are talking to them," Mr Foley said.
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Mr Foley said the risk of virus incursion into Victoria was "very real".
"It would appear from initial conversations that he would have been infectious in both Victoria and South Australia during his work period," he said.
The man's positive case is included in NSW's 112 new local infections announced this morning.
Mr Foley confirmed the worker's permit status will be reviewed, but there may have been "perfectly valid reasons" for the man's travel to Victoria.
"We are just establishing if that was the case with this gentleman," he said.
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