Australia's second most populous state reported a locally acquired Covid-19 case for the first time in more than two months, sending authorities scrambling to find the source of the infection amid concern about a new outbreak, according to Reuters.

A man in his 30s, who returned from India in mid-April and completed mandatory two-week hotel quarantine in neighbouring South Australia, tested positive for the virus after developing symptoms over the weekend, authorities said.

Health workers had interviewed the man and urged people he had been in contact with to self-isolate and get tested. They also published a list of locations exposed to the virus.

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