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Ethan James

Hundreds in Tas get wrong virus message

More than 500 Tasmanians already identified as COVID-19 cases, were told they were 'close contacts'. (AAP)

Tasmania's health department has apologised for sending messages to 540 people with coronavirus that wrongly told them they were close contacts.

The state health department said the error occurred on Saturday and was "corrected immediately".

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