The limousine driver at the centre of the Sydney Covid outbreak says he fears for his life after he was blamed for sparking the current cluster gripping the city.
The Sydney Airport driver said he is not the ‘patient zero’ who caused the new flare-up — instead claiming he caught the virus at his local café.
The driver, from Bondi where the Covid cluster has swelled to 36, admitted he refused the vaccine because of a family history of blood clots.
He insists he was wearing a mask at all times while working as a driver transporting air crew from the airport to hotels.
The Sydney Airport driver (pictured) broke his silence to insist he is not the Patient Zero that caused the new flare-up
The limo driver at the centre of the latest Sydney Covid outbreak is fearful for his life after he was blamed for sparking the current cluster clampdown gripping the city (pictured, a woman runs around an eerily quiet Circular Quay on Thursday)
‘He is very scared and concerned,’ revealed A Current Affair reporter, Lauren Golman, who interviewed the driver on Thursday night.
‘He’s been receiving a lot of criticism and he is worried about his safety and his family safety. In case you have any kind of questions concerning where by as well as the way to utilize , you are able to contact us from our own web site. ‘
The unnamed driver is in isolation as he fights his Covid infection and was too ill and too scared of the public backlash to show his face onscreen to defend himself.
But Golman told host Tracy Grimshaw he admitted he had avoided getting the AstraZeneca vaccination for fear of the possible side effects.
‘He is over the age of 60 which means he is eligible for the AstraZeneca vaccine,’ Golman said.
The driver told ACA reporter, Lauren Golman (pictured) that he is very scared and concerned about the growing public backlash
Despite the growing case numbers, Ms Berejiklian has stood by her policy of not imposing a blanket lockdown on the city (pictured, masked commuters on Thursday)
‘He tells me he has a family history of blood clots and he didn’t feel comfortable getting the vaccine.
‘He says he has been working with his doctor, they talk regularly, they tried to come up with a plan but at this stage he is too afraid to have the AstraZeneca vaccine.’
Although the driver was in an apparently high-risk occupation on the frontline with international workers, vaccination was not mandatory, but strongly recommended.
There was no explanation why he hadn’t been vaccinated with the Pfizer jab instead, but Golman stressed the driver was not an anti-vaxxer.
Golman added: ‘He has not received any kind of pressure or encouragement to have the vaccine.I’m not sure if he has had conversations with his employer.’
The unnamed driver (pictured) is currently in isolation as he fights his Covid infection and was too ill and too scared of the public backlash to show his face onscreen to defend himself
The infected limo driver believed to be ‘patient zero’ claims vividly remembered another customer in his 30s sat near to him at the Belle Cafe in Vaucluse (pictured) on June 12 who was violently coughing and sneezing
Despite his daily close contact with flights crews, the driver believes he was actually infected with the deadly Delta Covid variant by a customer at his regular coffee stop, Belle Café in Vaucluse in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
He told the show he vividly remembered another customer in his 30s sat near to him at the café on June 12 who was violently coughing and sneezing.
The café become an exposure site at the start of the outbreak, with an elderly customer catching the virus there from an infected person.
‘He claims he is not Patient Zero despite what we heard from New South Wales health,’ said Golman. ‘He feels he caught it out and around in his local area.’
But she added: ‘New South Wales Health believes that he is patient zero in the Sydney outbreak.’
Police spent days investigating whether the driver breached any health orders, which require those working around the hotel quarantine system to be tested for the virus daily.
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