Canberra lockdown: Chief health officer Kerryn Coleman 'comfortable' but cautious as one third of new Covid cases infectious in community

Kathryn Lewis
Updated August 29 2021 - 10:10am, first published August 28 2021 - 6:00pm
Canberrans have been urged to stay a home and get tested if they have symptoms of COVID-19. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Canberrans have been urged to stay a home and get tested if they have symptoms of COVID-19. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Almost one-third of people infected with COVID-19 are moving about the Canberra community, as contact tracers are yet to determine how 16 people caught the virus, some early in the outbreak.

Kathryn Lewis

Kathryn Lewis

Canberra Times Journalist

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