NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has revealed a 45-year-old man has tested positive for coronavirus in the state this morning.
It's the state's first locally acquired coronavirus infection since a hotel quarantine worker tested positive at 1.30am on Thursday, December 3.
Mr Hazzard said the man "drives vans carrying international and other aircrew back and forth to the airport" and the company is based in Alexandria, in Sydney's inner city.
The man's household contacts are being tested and NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said genomic sequencing — which could trace the origin of the man's infection to overseas strains of the virus — were pending.
She said the genomic sequencing is being expedited so authorities can get to the bottom of the source of the infection.
"That will confirm with us an understanding how recent the infection is," she said.
"We do keep an open mind, while we have a plausible hypothesis that this transmission may have originated from contact with international flight crew."
Dr Chant said transporting aircrew was his "sole responsibility" and that the driver was wearing a mask and taking other infection control measures.
"I am stressing that because I do not want the general community to think that they have been exposed," she said.
Dr Chant said the man's movements was still being mapped and NSW Health has identified one community sporting site he did go to and will release that information publicly after confirming further details.
NSW's last recorded COVID-19 case was on December 3, where a member of the housekeeping staff at the Novotel and Ibis hotels in Darling Harbour reportedly caught the virus from an American airline crew.
Prior to that case, NSW had 26 consecutive days without any confirmed infections.
More to come.
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