Queensland records three new coronavirus cases and restrictions are slashed across Melbourne as Victoria detects just one infection
Queensland has recorded three new local cases of Covid-19 as restrictions are slashed across Melbourne to allow the city's residents to welcome as many as 15 visitors into their homes.
The three cases include the president of the Portuguese Family Centre at Ellen Grove in Brisbane's south-west, who confirmed he had contracted the virus on Thursday morning to NCA NewsWire.
He has caught the virus from a woman who arrived from Portugal and spent two weeks in hotel quarantine where she caught the Alpha variant from a guest who had travelled from Mongolia.
Victoria's Department of Health meanwhile recorded one community case of the virus in the 24 hours to midnight on Thursday, along with three in hotel quarantine.
A series of social distancing restrictions are being eased in Victoria from 11.59pm as the growth of the state's latest outbreak continues to slow.
The Brisbane man tested negative after his first test once identified as a close contact but then began developing symptoms on Wednesday.
He said he had been is isolation since Sunday and has not been vaccinated - though he was 'feeling better' on Thursday.
Dr Jeanette Young, Queensland's Chief Health Officer, confirmed two more close contacts of the woman have tested positive.
The three had spent Saturday night 'out and about' in Brisbane.
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