Authorities believe a third case of the Omicron Covid variant is in Sydney, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said.
The suspected case was among the 141 who recently flew into Sydney from one of nine affected southern African countries.
‘There are two, possibly three, positive cases among those 141,’ said the premier on Monday.
‘Travellers on five flights over the last 24 hours are in our health quarantine facility.’
A national cabinet meeting was set to discuss the crisis in the