Macquarie University lecturer tests positive for coronavirus after returning from Iran
- Macquarie University lecturer tested positive for virus after returning from Iran
- Staff member became ill after return from Iran but was not present on campus
- Lecturer also had no contact with either staff or students, university confirmed
- Follows 95-year-old woman testing positive for the virus earlier on Wednesday
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A Macquarie University lecturer has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from Iran.
The staff member became ill after returning from the western Asian country.
‘Our staff member has not been present at Macquarie University’s campus since returning from Iran and has had no contact with either staff or students,’ the university said in a statement.
A Macquarie University lecturer has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from Iran (university pictured)
‘There is no evidence to suggest the aged care worker from Baptist Aged Care who has contracted COVID-19 has done so as a result of contact with a member of the Macquarie University community.’
It follows a 95-year-old woman testing positive for the virus earlier on Wednesday – with authorities investigating whether she contracted it from an infected nursing home carer.
The elderly woman was living and being cared for at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge care facility at Macquarie Park in Sydney.
Passengers in protective face masks to protect themselves from coronavirus at Brisbane International Airport in Brisbane on January 31. Wednesday’s confirmed infections mean dozens of vulnerable people may have been exposed to the killer virus
There are now fears dozens of vulnerable people may have been exposed to the killer virus.
It would be the second death from coronavirus so far in Australia, after James Kwan, 78, from Perth contracted the virus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
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