The Pan Pacific in Perth.Credit:David Prestipino
West Australian Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson said in a press conference a short time ago that genomic sequencing had found a positive case from May 23 of a man who had come from Colombia and a second man on May 31 were linked.
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A family of three who were opposite the second man have so far tested negative but have been moved to another room in quarantine.
A further 12 people from the same floor who were not near the two men,referred to as cases 1017 and 1018,have left quarantine but will continue to be tested for the virus.
Deputy Chief Health Officer Robyn Lawrence said the nearest guests to the people who remained in quarantine had been four rooms away from where the cases were recorded.
Security guards who worked on the floor since the cases have so far returned negative tests for COVID-19.
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