‘No indication’ Ruby Princess medics source of Newmarch House outbreak

NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant says there is "no indication" that private medical staff who attended Newmarch House after testing the Ruby Princess crew brought the virus to the aged care facility. Two Aspen Medical staff who were involved in the testing of the embattled cruise ship later worked at the facility in Sydney’s west, where 16 residents have since died amid a coronavirus outbreak. Dr Chant said there was no issue with procedure and NSW Health understood the virus was brought into Newmarch House by the original aged care worker. “In terms of workers we have no indications that they were in any way the source of infection,” she said. “If every time a healthcare worker cared for a patient with COVID was then required to take 14 days we wouldn’t have health care workers to care for patients.”