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London-area cases of COVID-19 are expected to grow after a health-care worker at University Hospital was among two new cases Tuesday, public health officials say.

Middlesex-London Health Unit officials say they are following up with patients and staff at University Hospital who were seen by, or worked closely with the unnamed staff member, who went to work while showing symptoms.

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The woman in her 20s recently had travelled to Las Vegas, the health unit said Tuesday. She is self-isolating in her home.

The other new London-area case is an assistant Crown attorney in her 40s who recently travelled to Sint Maarten. She was assessed at London Health Sciences Centre and also is in self-isolation in her home.

“What the public should take from this is we’re going to see the number of cases in our region grow,” said associate medical officer of health Alex Summers. The people with whom the infected women have come into contact have been notified, he said.