2:40pm The Southern NSW Local Health District has said it is yet to receive the results of a COVID-19 virus test being carried out on a Bega patient. The gender and age of the South East Regional Hospital patient remain unknown. 10:26am A patient at the South East Regional Hospital has been placed in precautionary isolation after presenting with pneumonia like symptoms. A Southern NSW Local Health District spokesperson said swabs samples taken from the patient on Tuesday are currently being tested for the COVID-19 virus, more commonly known as coronavirus, with results likely to be known by Wednesday afternoon. The spokesperson said the patient, an adult whose gender is so far unknown, has been placed in an isolation room fitted with separate air conditioning to the main hospital. According to the federal government, COVID-19 symptoms can range from a mild cough to pneumonia like symptoms.

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