No new cases after COVID alert for south-east Queensland venues
Almost 4000 Queenslanders came forward for a COVID-19 test during the past 24-hour period and there were no positive results, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed.
It came after COVID alerts were issued on Friday for venues across the state's south-east, after a Sydney woman in her 50s picked up the virus in the city's Northern Beaches and visited Queensland.
Who should take immediate action
People who will be contacted by health authorities or who should come forward to get tested and quarantine for 14 days from Wednesday, December 16:
- Passengers from rows 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 on Virgin flight VA925 on Wednesday, December 16
- Close contacts from the restaurant at the Glen Hotel – 24 Gaskell Street, Eight Mile Plains – on December 16
People who should monitor themselves, get tested if they display symptoms and isolate until they get their results:
- All other passengers from Virgin flight VA925 on Wednesday, December 16
- Anyone who attended the Glen Hotel at or after 11am on December 16
- Anyone at Hertz Car Rental in Boondall between 10am-10.30am on Wednesday, December 16, and between 8.30am-9am the next day; anyone who was at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital from 5pm to 8.30pm.
- Anyone at Hungry Jack's in Kawana Waters from 8pm-10pm on December 16.
- Anyone at Kawana Waters Nightcap Hotel overnight from 9pm, December 16, until 7am.
- Anyone who was at Coles Express at Mooloolaba between 7am and 7.30am on Thursday.
- The TPCH Fever Clinic at Chermside from 10.19am to 10.26am.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said on Friday there were six venues and a Virgin flight included in the urgent health alert.
However, she was most concerned about the woman's visit to the Glen Hotel at Eight Mile Plains after 11.30am on December 16.
"The individual did go to that restaurant after 11.30am and at that stage she didn’t realise she was potentially at risk," Dr Young said on Friday.
"There is a risk there at the Glen Hotel – it’s small, but we just want to make sure we’re contact-tracing every single person who possibly could have been exposed to the virus."
However, there were 3928 coronavirus tests conducted in the 24 hours to Saturday morning and no new cases were detected, leaving just 10 active cases in the state in hotel quarantine or hospital.
Queenslanders were also urged to reconsider travel to Sydney, with health authorities saying more areas of the city could be declared COVID-19 hotspots if more community transmission is detected.
From 1am on Saturday, all travellers from Sydney’s northern beaches into Queensland will be required to spend 14 days in hotel quarantine on arrival.
Toby Crockford is a breaking news reporter at the Brisbane Times