Australia’s most populous city Sydney has recorded its first locally acquired case of Covid-19 in more than a month, stoking concerns of a fresh wave of infections, Reuters reports.

New South Wales (NSW) state said it is not clear how the unnamed man in his 60s acquired the virus, but he was a driver who occasionally transported overseas airline crew.

While authorities urgently try and determine the source of the infection, NSW warned the unnamed man went to the cinema and more than a dozen cafes and shops in Sydney's eastern suburbs, which include Bondi Beach, while potentially infectious.

People wait in line at a coronavirus testing clinic in the city centre after new cases were reported in Sydney, Australia, May 6. — Reuters
People wait in line at a coronavirus testing clinic in the city centre after new cases were reported in Sydney, Australia, May 6. — Reuters

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