Byron Bay mayor claims COVID-19 case from Sydney inspected property while potentially infectious

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The mayor of the Byron Shire says a COVID-positive man who travelled to the region while potentially infectious went to look for property and did not use QR codes to check in during his stay.

There were long lines at a pop-up drive-through COVID testing site at the Cavanbah Sports Ground on Tuesday, after the region was sent into lockdown for at least one week.

Byron Shire Mayor Michael Lyon told SBS News the man left his COVID-positive wife at a Sydney hospital before travelling with his teenage children to the Byron area. “You half expect it in a pandemic, you know that these things can happen but when it's through sheer stupidity and negligence of someone involved, it just makes it really annoying and frustrating,” he told SBS News.READ MORE

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But of course he will face no fines

How can the country survive this type of ignorant, stupid and dangerous behaviour It is almost like Australia doesn't exist anymore. We are just like most of the rest of the hopeless countries.

We have been told he travelled to Qld as well - maybe earlier.

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