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Virus crisis / Second case for Canberra

A SECOND case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the ACT.

ACT Chief Health Officer Dr Kerryn Coleman says the person is a man in his 30s and is described as “currently well”.

She says he is following strict home-isolation advice

A positive test result was confirmed on Sunday evening (March 15).

Dr Coleman says ACT Health is undertaking appropriate public health action, working with other state health authorities to understand further details of the individual’s possible source of exposure and to follow up with close contacts as a priority.

ACT Health will provide further information later today, as this detail becomes known by the Health Protection Service.

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