Health authorities have apologised after a student from a western Sydney school was falsely diagnosed with COVID-19, shutting down the school and forcing some students and staff to isolate.
The student at Lidcombe Public School tested positive for coronavirus on the weekend, but further tests showed they were not infected.
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By Sophie Meixner
Former police officer raised alarm about security breaches, inquiry hears
Documents tendered to Victoria's Hotel Quarantine Inquiry reveal a former police officer raised the alarm about security breaches just two weeks into the program.
The documents reveal the former police officer, whose name is redacted, wrote to Police Commander Tim Tully with concerns about how the Pan Pacific hotel was guarding its guests.
The man reported seeing multiple guests leaving designated exercise areas, including one who went to a convenience store and another who visited a coffee shop.
The correspondence prompted a meeting with Victoria Police and private security contractors. After the meeting officers agreed there were concerns around exercise but determined police would not be required on site at all times.
By Sophie Meixner
Trump says vaccine could be available before US election
US President Donald Trump says a COVID-19 vaccine could be available before the November presidential election.
Donald Trump said he expected the vaccine to be available by the end of the year, but he thought it might be as early as next month.
Earlier Democrat vice presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, expressed doubts about an early announcement saying she feared scientists could be pressured into releasing a vaccine too early to suit the political needs of the President.
Donald Trump said Kamala Harris should apologise for undermining public confidence in what will be a lifesaving vaccine.
By Sophie Meixner
100 Sydney hospital workers in isolation
More than 100 staff across two Sydney hospitals are in isolation after healthcare workers tested positive to COVID-19.
Three more healthcare workers have tested positive to the virus between Concord and Liverpool hospitals.
The New South Wales Government has begun contact tracing, with dozens of people awaiting tests.The state's chief health officer Doctor Kerry Chant says the many staff are affected.
"There's probably well over 100 healthcare workers impacted across the two facilities," she said.
Another case, which will be announced today, was a visitor to a patient to Concord Hospital on September one.
By Sophie Meixner
School reopens after false positive COVID-19 result
A Western Sydney school will re-open this morning after health authorities found a student who had initially tested positive to COVID-19 does not have the disease.
The student of Lidcombe Public School tested positive for coronavirus on the weekend, but infection has been ruled out following further testing.
Staff and students who were considered close contacts are no longer required to isolate, as the school returns to face-to-face learning today.
A notice on the school's website says NSW Health acknowledged the response may have adversely affected families and that it apologised for "any distress this may have caused".
By Sophie Meixner
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I'm Sophie and I'll start off our live coronavirus coverage for today. Join me as well as my colleague Nic McElroy, who'll arrive a bit later, for your latest coronavirus news and daily press briefings.
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