The man attended the Forest Rangers FC Little Rangers session at Gannons Park in Peakhurst on Friday between 4.30pm and 5.30pm.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the driver's wife and two children both returned negative results on Wednesday afternoon but will isolate for 14 days as a precaution. The case intensified high-level discussions between Mr Hazzard, senior health bureaucrats and international airline bosses aimed at finding ways to reduce the risk of COVID-19 entering the community via international crew.
Under guidelines, international crew can be exempt from hotel quarantine and allowed to self-isolate at home or their usual accommodation if they provide NSW Health with their contact details, have not been in contact with a person whose had COVID-19 in the previous 14 days and don’t have symptoms.Mr Hazzard said some crew stay in hotels,“but the same level of application to keeping them appropriately away from others is not the same as we deal with … international travellers”.
"On buses and vans it is very difficult for the air conditioning to exchange air at a rate per hour high enough to reduce the risk of coming into contact with aerosols," Professor McLaws said. Professor McLaws also urged the state government to introduce mandatory rapid antigen testing for all crew and passengers on arrival at the airport.