Coronavirus: Granville MP Julia Finn’s negative test results
A western Sydney MP who was in contact with a young woman who contracted coronavirus has discovered her test results.
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Relieved Granville state Labor MP Julia Finn’s coronavirus results have come back negative, proving she had only caught a cold.
Ms Finn underwent testing on Thursday after discovering one of her constituents — a woman in her 20s — was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday night.
Ms Finn, who had been at the same event as the woman, had mild symptoms and was tested at a Blacktown pathologist on Thursday.
“I’m relieved; I thought it would be negative because my symptoms were like a cold,’’ she said.
“Normally you don’t worry too much about a cold but at the moment people are sensitive to the noise of people coughing or sneezing.’’
Ms Finn has been in self isolation at her Rosehill home and said she had texted the coronavirus patient, who is improving.
Ms Finn said the woman — who had not travelled overseas and was still unclear how she caught the virus — had been “quite sick’’.
Ms Finn expects to return to work this week but state parliament is due to determine if it will sit this week in the face of social distancing measures this afternoon.
Ms Finn, the opposition Better Regulations spokeswoman, said she was disappointed the government and Fair Trading were not doing more to crack down on hoarding and online reselling.
“They’ve done it for baby formula and ticket scalping (in the past),’’ she said.
She called for Better Regulations Minister Kevin Andrews to provide information on how consumers could seek refunds for cancelled events, bookings and flights after she said he admitted in budget estimates last week we had no strategy to combat panic buying, counterfeit medical equipment and price gouging.
“We are in the middle of a medical and consumer crisis,’’ Ms Finn said. We have seen a massive increase in the price of crucial medical equipment like face masks, with health care personnel reporting a serious shortage,” Ms Finn said.
“In light of the new advice around public gatherings, while other state bodies are proactively communicating to the public, we see NSW Fair Trading sitting on their hands.”
She is also frustrated Uber Eats continues to charge restaurants 35 per cent for a delivery fee, but “a lot of them worry if they’re not on Uber Eats, they won’t get the sale’’.
In the Granville electorate, most residents are employed in the construction, hospitality and retail industries.
“This is going to be really challenging because there’s so many people who work in hospitality and so many small family businesses,’’ Ms Finn said.
“There are going to be so many businesses that are going to do well but more are going to suffer.’’