Queensland woman tests positive to COVID-19 after visiting Melbourne exposure site
3 years, 5 months ago

Queensland woman tests positive to COVID-19 after visiting Melbourne exposure site

ABC  

A Queensland woman in her 20s who visited a COVID-19 exposure site in Melbourne has tested positive to the virus. Key points: The woman was infectious in the community from July 15 to 17 The locations of most concern are on the Sunshine Coast Queensland Health is urging anyone with symptoms to get tested Acting Premier Steven Miles said the woman had been infectious in the community from July 15 to 17, especially around the Sunshine Coast. " Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 11 11 New cases: 5,698 Queensland's vaccine rollout: First dose: 93.2 per cent 93.2 per cent Second dose: 92.7 per cent Latest case information from Queensland Health. List of Queensland COVID-19 exposure sites Photo shows Sign outside the Sunshine Plaza shopping centre See the latest list of exposure sites for Queensland.

Woman Site Melbourne Queensland Exposure Sunshine Dr Young Maroochydore  travelled  visited  melbourne  sites  exposure  covid19  queensland  tests  sunshine  tested  site  visiting  young  woman  positive  latest

History of this topic

COVID updates: Thousands of people in isolation in NSW as cases rise and Queensland's mask mandate begins — As it happened
3 years ago

COVID updates: Thousands of people in isolation in NSW as cases rise and Queensland's mask mandate begins — As it happened

ABC  

Residents at a north Queensland aged care home are being tested for COVID-19 after a contractor visiting the facility tested positive. The Mackay Hospital and Health Service confirmed it is testing residents, staff and visitors at the Blue Care Home Field Aged Care facility in Mackay. “The health service has deployed a team of testers to the facility following confirmation …

Cairns, Mission beach on alert as woman tests COVID-19 positive after travelling through Queensland
3 years, 1 month ago

Cairns, Mission beach on alert as woman tests COVID-19 positive after travelling through Queensland

ABC  

Queensland Health has issued contact tracing alerts for locations in Cairns and Mission Beach after a person tested positive for COVID-19 in the Northern Territory after transiting through the region. Key points: A woman, who spent time in Victoria before flying to Cairns from Adelaide was infectious in the community before leaving the state Ms Palaszczuk said Queensland's first dose …

Authorities trace traveller who spent time at Brisbane Airport while infectious, eyes on Northern NSW after positive case
3 years, 3 months ago

Authorities trace traveller who spent time at Brisbane Airport while infectious, eyes on Northern NSW after positive case

ABC  

Queensland has recorded zero new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as authorities look into contact tracing efforts after an infected traveller transited through Brisbane Airport on their way to the Northern Territory. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 11 11 New cases: 5,698 Queensland's vaccine rollout: First dose: 93.2 per cent 93.2 per cent Second dose: 92.7 per …

Victoria's COVID-19 exposure sites include Mercy Hospital for Women, more schools and childcare
3 years, 3 months ago

Victoria's COVID-19 exposure sites include Mercy Hospital for Women, more schools and childcare

ABC  

A women's hospital in Melbourne's north has been deemed a tier 1 COVID-19 exposure site, sending all exposed patients into quarantine. The Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg confirmed a patient tested positive to COVID-19 after visiting a women's outpatient clinic. The hospital is one of a number of exposure sites to be confirmed by the department but not listed …

Authorities identify positive COVID-19 case in Traralgon
3 years, 3 months ago

Authorities identify positive COVID-19 case in Traralgon

ABC  

The Latrobe Valley in Gippsland has recorded one active case of COVID-19. Key points: A positive COVID-19 case has been identified in Traralgon The person worked at two fast food restaurants Authorities say it's likely the person caught the virus in Melbourne COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar says the person works at two fast food restaurants in Traralgon. A Gippsland Region …

Girl, 4, tests positive to COVID-19 after contact with Logan truck driver
3 years, 3 months ago

Girl, 4, tests positive to COVID-19 after contact with Logan truck driver

ABC  

Queensland has confirmed one new case of COVID-19, a four-year-old girl who is a close contact of a Logan truck driver who tested positive to the Delta strain of the virus earlier this week. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 11 11 New cases: 5,698 Queensland's vaccine rollout: First dose: 93.2 per cent 93.2 per cent Second dose: …

Victoria's list of COVID-19 exposure sites grows to more than 800
3 years, 4 months ago

Victoria's list of COVID-19 exposure sites grows to more than 800

ABC  

A section of Melbourne Market has been listed as a COVID-19 exposure site just a day after a mass vaccination clinic for workers opened at the market. Warehouse 4.1 at the market is listed as a tier 1 exposure site for several periods on August 20, 21, and 22. Queen Victoria Market has also been listed as a tier 2 …

Richmond public housing tower among new Victorian COVID-19 exposure sites
3 years, 4 months ago

Richmond public housing tower among new Victorian COVID-19 exposure sites

ABC  

A public housing tower in Richmond has been listed as an exposure site with a case having visited the premises over several days between August 14 and 20. A Bakers Delight outlet in Shepparton's Vaughan Street has also been listed as a tier 2 site, with a case attending between August 15, 8:00am to 11:00am and August 16, between 9:00am …

Victorian COVID-19 exposure sites grow, serious concerns over CS Square Caroline Springs shopping centre
3 years, 4 months ago

Victorian COVID-19 exposure sites grow, serious concerns over CS Square Caroline Springs shopping centre

ABC  

The number of COVID-19 exposure sites linked to Victoria's Delta outbreak has risen to 150, as dozens of supermarkets, shops and a football ground are added across the city's west. Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said authorities were particularly concerned about transmission at the CS Square shopping centre in Caroline Springs. These are settings where lots of people move through, …

Perth COVID exposure sites updated after FIFO worker returns weak positive test
3 years, 4 months ago

Perth COVID exposure sites updated after FIFO worker returns weak positive test

ABC  

WA authorities have added six new exposure sites overnight, after a COVID scare involving a FIFO worker who returned a weak positive test yesterday. Airport, Scarborough bar of concern WA Health said anyone who had been at a number of other exposure sites visited by the man, revealed yesterday, should get tested immediately. On Saturday, after visiting the cafe in …

School, cafes, pharmacy and supermarkets added as list of Melbourne's COVID-19 exposure sites grows
3 years, 4 months ago

School, cafes, pharmacy and supermarkets added as list of Melbourne's COVID-19 exposure sites grows

ABC  

Victoria's health department has added new COVID-19 exposure sites to the state's list after two more local COVID-19 infections were reported today. The college was added to Victoria's list of exposure sites late on Wednesday night and listed as a tier 1 site from Wednesday, July 28, to Friday, July 30, between 8:30am and 5:00pm each day. Spectacle Hub in …

A person tests positive to COVID-19 in Far North Queensland city of Cairns
3 years, 4 months ago

A person tests positive to COVID-19 in Far North Queensland city of Cairns

ABC  

Queensland Health has confirmed a new case of COVID-19 has been detected in a person in Far North Queensland. "Their test has come up positive but from the way the Chief Health Officer described it, it's a very low reading on the test, that's why they are doing re-testing," Mr Crawford said. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: …

NSW COVID-19 exposure sites August 3: Rockdale autoparts store and Molong sewage detection added to list
3 years, 4 months ago

NSW COVID-19 exposure sites August 3: Rockdale autoparts store and Molong sewage detection added to list

ABC  

Venues are crisscrossing the city and concerns for regional areas are growing as more spots are added to NSW Health's COVID-19 exposure list. Anyone who visited Repco in Rockdale from 10:15am until 5:00pm on July 28 and 10:00am until 1:00pm on July 29 has been identified as a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless …

New COVID-19 cases in SA cluster but two exposure sites removed after error detected
3 years, 4 months ago

New COVID-19 cases in SA cluster but two exposure sites removed after error detected

ABC  

South Australia's COVID-19 cluster has grown, with two new cases — a woman in her 80s and a man in his 40s — reported overnight. Key points: There are now 21 COVID-19 cases in the Modbury cluster There are now 21 COVID-19 cases in the Modbury cluster Businesses have started receiving grants Businesses have started receiving grants Aberfoyle Park businesses …

Fears customers exposed to COVID-19 at Campsie shopping centre for 11 days
3 years, 4 months ago

Fears customers exposed to COVID-19 at Campsie shopping centre for 11 days

ABC  

Health authorities have identified a shopping mall in Sydney's south-west as "a key venue of concern" amid fears customers could have been exposed to COVID-19 there for 11 days. Key points: Anyone who attended the Campsie Centre between July 14 and 24 is deemed a close contact Dr McAnulty says "many people" have been exposed at the centre Shopping centre …

Five people from a house on the NSW Central Coast test positive to Covid-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Five people from a house on the NSW Central Coast test positive to Covid-19

Daily Mail  

Five people from a home on the New South Wales Central Coast have tested positive to Covid-19, sparking a long list of about 25 new exposure sites 100km north of Sydney. A six-page-long list of exposure sites includes a host of venues on the NSW Central Coast, including shopping centres in Tuggerah and San Remo in the region's north, through …

Seafood, bottle shop added to Queensland's close contacts list of COVID-19 exposure sites that include regional Qantas flights
3 years, 5 months ago

Seafood, bottle shop added to Queensland's close contacts list of COVID-19 exposure sites that include regional Qantas flights

ABC  

Two new close contact exposure sites were added to Queensland Health's website on Saturday afternoon. Six flights crewed by a flight attendant who tested positive for the Delta variant of COVID-19 on Thursday were updated from casual to close contact exposure sites. The flights were between Brisbane, Hervey Bay, Gladstone and Longreach on July 11 and 12. Queensland Health has …

Flight attendant who tested positive to COVID-19 crewed six flights in regional Queensland
3 years, 5 months ago

Flight attendant who tested positive to COVID-19 crewed six flights in regional Queensland

ABC  

A Qantas flight attendant has tested positive to COVID-19 after crewing six flights in Queensland during her infectious period. A number of potential exposure sites have been identified, including: July 11 — Brisbane to Longreach, Qantas flight 2534 July 11 — Longreach to Brisbane, Qantas flight 2535 July 11 — Brisbane to Gladstone, Qantas flight 2346 July 11/12 — Stayed …

Covid-19 Australia: Victoria records 26 new cases as Delta outbreak surges
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: Victoria records 26 new cases as Delta outbreak surges

Daily Mail  

Victoria has recorded another 26 Covid-19 cases overnight as hundreds more residents were ordered into self-isolation after a famous inner-city market was exposed to the virus. All customers and staff who were at the market between 9.40am and 11.15am on Saturday must get tested and self-isolate for 14 days Pedestrians wearing masks walk past the entrance to Prahran Market, which …

List of COVID-19 exposure sites in Queensland including on Sunshine Coast, flight to Cairns
3 years, 5 months ago

List of COVID-19 exposure sites in Queensland including on Sunshine Coast, flight to Cairns

ABC  

Health authorities say a woman who had been in Melbourne has tested positive to COVID-19 in Queensland. She visited several locations on the Sunshine Coast before flying to Cairns on Friday via Brisbane Airport and travelling to Mareeba in Far North Queensland while infectious. Queensland Health has advised preliminary contact tracing locations are: Thursday, July 15 Sunshine Coast Plaza, including …

First positive COVID case identified in NSW Central West, linked to Sydney truck driver
3 years, 5 months ago

First positive COVID case identified in NSW Central West, linked to Sydney truck driver

ABC  

A factory worker in the Central West of New South Wales has contracted COVID-19, after a truck driver with coronavirus travelled to the region over several days. Key points: A pet food delivery driver has spread COVID-19 to the Central West Four hospitals in the region are on now red alert The region is on watch after three removalists visited …

Queensland's list of COVID-19 exposure sites
3 years, 5 months ago

Queensland's list of COVID-19 exposure sites

ABC  

Three new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 have been detected in south-east Queensland. One is a fully vaccinated Brisbane International Airport worker from Tarragindi, in Brisbane's south. The other new cases are a 12-year-old boy, who flew to Brisbane from Sydney on July 9 after completing 14 days of hotel quarantine, and his father from Newport north of Brisbane. Queensland …

Coronavirus Australia: Sydney Covid exposure sites - Coles, Dan Murphy's, Woolworths, Westfield
3 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Sydney Covid exposure sites - Coles, Dan Murphy's, Woolworths, Westfield

Daily Mail  

A worrying new Covid exposure list has been revealed with an alert for 19 venues across Sydney including Coles, Woolworths, Dan Murphy's and an Aldi supermarket. Three venues at Westfield Penrith Plaza in Sydney's west have been confirmed as Covid exposure sites by NSW Health The same applies anyone who visited grocery store 'Fred's One-Stop Shop' on Friday July 9 …

Brisbane hospital worker confirmed as having highly infectious Delta strain of COVID-19 as Queensland lockdown begins
3 years, 5 months ago

Brisbane hospital worker confirmed as having highly infectious Delta strain of COVID-19 as Queensland lockdown begins

ABC  

The 19-year-old woman who was infectious in the Queensland community for 10 days before testing positive to COVID-19 has been confirmed as having the highly contagious Delta variant. Key points: Millions of people in Queensland must abide by the lockdown measures set to end on Friday 6:00pm Chief Health Officer has urged anyone with even mild cold-like symptoms to get …

See the full list of Victoria's COVID-19 exposure sites
3 years, 5 months ago

See the full list of Victoria's COVID-19 exposure sites

ABC  

Victorian authorities are urging anyone who has been at a number of exposure sites around Melbourne to come forward for testing. New exposure sites have been added after it emerged that a flight attendant who spent a night in Melbourne was a positive coronavirus case. The Victorian Health Department has identified four new exposure sites, including Melbourne Airport terminals 2 …

Flight attendant who tested positive for COVID-19 in Queensland does not have Delta variant
3 years, 6 months ago

Flight attendant who tested positive for COVID-19 in Queensland does not have Delta variant

ABC  

A woman who tested positive to COVID-19 in Queensland overnight does not have the Delta variant. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 11 11 New cases: 5,698 Queensland's vaccine rollout: First dose: 93.2 per cent 93.2 per cent Second dose: 92.7 per cent Latest case information from Queensland Health. "She came into Brisbane on June 5 on an …

Here's what we know about Sydney's latest COVID-19 cases
3 years, 6 months ago

Here's what we know about Sydney's latest COVID-19 cases

ABC  

A woman aged in her 70s is the latest person to test positive to COVID-19, after she visited a cafe in Sydney's east at the same time as another positive case. Key points: NSW Health expanded the list of venues of concern overnight after the eastern suburbs man's wife tested positive Both had visited Bondi Junction shopping centre a number …

NSW records one new COVID-19 case linked to eastern suburbs cluster
3 years, 6 months ago

NSW records one new COVID-19 case linked to eastern suburbs cluster

ABC  

The COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has grown to three cases, as police probe whether the first infection identified — a limousine driver — breached quarantine protocols. Key points: The driver and his wife visited several eastern Sydney venues whilst infectious Police are investigating whether the man had breached health orders A fourth infection was recorded, but health authorities …

More Melbourne COVID-19 exposure sites listed at Bundoora, Heidelberg and Thomastown
3 years, 6 months ago

More Melbourne COVID-19 exposure sites listed at Bundoora, Heidelberg and Thomastown

ABC  

Several supermarkets, petrol stations and a McDonald's restaurant have been listed as exposure sites across Melbourne's north, as authorities issue alerts over unexpected wastewater detections across the city. The Coles-Warringal Shopping Centre in Heidelberg the Coles-Bundoora Square shopping Centre have been listed overnight as Tier 2 sites for a range of time periods dating back to May 28. Authorities have …

List of Melbourne COVID-19 exposure sites grows to include Chadstone Shopping Centre, St Kilda restaurants
3 years, 6 months ago

List of Melbourne COVID-19 exposure sites grows to include Chadstone Shopping Centre, St Kilda restaurants

ABC  

The busy Chadstone Shopping Centre, a university library, the popular Peninsula Hot Springs, and stores and restaurants spread across Melbourne have been added to the state's growing list of COVID-19 exposure sites. Friday, May 28 NEW: Slades Beverages, 46/40-50 Keon Parade, Thomastown, between 6:00am and 2:30pm Thursday, May 27 NEW: Bus Route: PTV Bus Number 412, Paisley Street/Footscray to Millers …

List of Melbourne COVID exposure sites grows as new areas of concern added
3 years, 6 months ago

List of Melbourne COVID exposure sites grows as new areas of concern added

ABC  

The list of coronavirus exposure sites in Victoria continued to grow on Friday night after it was reported one of the latest positive cases worked during their infectious period, without symptoms, for a large food distribution centre. The new tier 1 exposure sites are: Summerhill Shopping Centre at 850 Plenty Rd, Reservoir between 4:20pm and 5:30pm on Tuesday, May 18 …

Covid-19 Australia: How 18-second sliding doors moment in hotel quarantine brought Victoria lockdown
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: How 18-second sliding doors moment in hotel quarantine brought Victoria lockdown

Daily Mail  

An 18-second sliding doors moment between returned travellers in South Australian hotel quarantine sparked the Covid-19 outbreak that has plunged Melbourne into another crippling snap lockdown. An 18-second sliding doors moment between returned travellers at Adelaide's Playford Hotel sparked Melbourne's outbreak, a report has found The list of potential Covid-19 exposure sites in Victoria has reached 150 locations as of …

Forced quarantine at Howard Springs not required for high-risk arrivals to NT from Melbourne COVID sites
3 years, 6 months ago

Forced quarantine at Howard Springs not required for high-risk arrivals to NT from Melbourne COVID sites

ABC  

The Northern Territory government says domestic arrivals from Melbourne's highest risk exposure sites must self-isolate and get tested, rather than enter supervised quarantine at Howard Springs, as the Melbourne outbreak grows to 15. Key points: Anyone arriving in the NT from Tier 1 exposure sites in Melbourne must enter self-isolation and get tested Howard Springs is not currently being used …

Victorian man who tested positive for COVID–19 was on same flight as Adelaide hotel case
3 years, 7 months ago

Victorian man who tested positive for COVID–19 was on same flight as Adelaide hotel case

ABC  

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says it is most likely a Victorian man, who tested positive to COVID-19 yesterday, caught it while staying in hotel quarantine in Adelaide. Key points: A Victorian man tested positive for COVID–19 after doing hotel quarantine in Adelaide He was on the same flight as another case at the hotel Hotel guests …

SA Health investigating whether man caught coronavirus in medi-hotel
3 years, 7 months ago

SA Health investigating whether man caught coronavirus in medi-hotel

ABC  

South Australian health authorities are investigating whether a man who was released from hotel quarantine in Adelaide and then tested positive for COVID-19 in Melbourne acquired the virus while in isolation. Key points: The man quarantined in the Playford medi-hotel next to a traveller who tested positive SA Health is investigating whether there have been any quarantine or testing breaches …

Traveller who accidentally breached green zone at Brisbane airport tests positive to COVID-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Traveller who accidentally breached green zone at Brisbane airport tests positive to COVID-19

ABC  

A traveller, who unwittingly entered a common area of the Brisbane International Airport yesterday after arriving on a flight from Papua New Guinea, has tested positive to coronavirus. Key points: Brisbane International Airport declared a "venue of concern" by the state's Chief Health Officer Anyone who visited between 9:45am and midday on Thursday should monitor their symptoms Queensland Health changes …

Perth records positive community-transmitted coronavirus case on day one of lockdown
3 years, 8 months ago

Perth records positive community-transmitted coronavirus case on day one of lockdown

ABC  

The WA Health Department has confirmed a positive COVID test result has been returned from a person within the community on day one of Perth's snap lockdown. Key points: The person had eaten at the Kitchen Inn in Kardinya The Premier had earlier announced no new cases were found A number of restaurants have now been deemed "higher risk" sites …

NSW Health investigating possible COVID-19 transmission inside Sydney quarantine hotel
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW Health investigating possible COVID-19 transmission inside Sydney quarantine hotel

ABC  

New South Wales Health is investigating whether COVID-19 has spread inside a second Sydney quarantine hotel. NSW Health said they had tested negative on their day-two swabs in hotel quarantine, before subsequently testing positive for COVID-19 later during their quarantine periods. This latest incident comes just days after three people in one family acquired the virus from a family of …

NSW records three locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Sydney
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW records three locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Sydney

ABC  

New South Wales has again recorded locally acquired coronavirus cases, after the virus was transmitted in hotel quarantine. Key points: Two families have been diagnosed with the same COVID-19 viral sequencing The families are being treated at the Special Health Accommodation Latest cases come amid a rising wave of vaccine hesitancy The state's health department said three people in one …

Demand for Wide Bay COVID-19 testing surges as woman tests positive in Bundaberg
3 years, 8 months ago

Demand for Wide Bay COVID-19 testing surges as woman tests positive in Bundaberg

ABC  

Testing clinics across the Wide Bay Burnett have been inundated as Queensland Health investigates a local case of COVID-19. Key points: A woman is being treated in the Bundaberg Hospital after testing positive to COVID-19 Hundreds have queued for testing across the Wide Bay Burnett Masks are now mandatory across Queensland for the first time The ABC understands a woman …

Man linked to Brisbane's COVID-19 lockdown visited regional areas while infectious
3 years, 8 months ago

Man linked to Brisbane's COVID-19 lockdown visited regional areas while infectious

ABC  

The regional Queensland city of Gladstone is on alert after it was revealed a man visited the region while infected between March 25-28. Key points: The mayor of Gladstone is urging residents and travellers to double check the list of exposure sites after Queensland's latest COVID-19 outbreak The infected person was also in Gin Gin and Miriam Vale Regional residents …

The full list of contact tracing sites in Brisbane, Moreton Bay and Gladstone linked to the Queensland coronavirus cluster
3 years, 8 months ago

The full list of contact tracing sites in Brisbane, Moreton Bay and Gladstone linked to the Queensland coronavirus cluster

ABC  

Contact tracers are working through a long list of sites in Brisbane, Moreton Bay and Gladstone visited by confirmed COVID-19 cases between March 20 and March 27. Close contact sites Saturday, March 20 Shinobi Ramen Noodle shop, Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre between 12:00pm and 2:16pm Black Hops Brewery, East Brisbane between 12:00pm and 2:00pm Green Beacon Brewing Co., Teneriffe between …

Brisbane COVID-19 community transmission case puts city on alert after man visits multiple public venues while infectious
3 years, 8 months ago

Brisbane COVID-19 community transmission case puts city on alert after man visits multiple public venues while infectious

ABC  

Queensland has recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus, with a 26-year-old Brisbane man infectious in the community since last Friday. Key points: The man visited several locations across Brisbane and the Moreton Bay region before testing positive to coronavirus Aged care facilities, prisons and hospitals will no longer accept visitors except for in end-of-life circumstances The Chief Health …

Brisbane COVID-19 case infected despite 'no breaches' in protocol as doctor waits to see if she has highly transmissible UK strain
3 years, 9 months ago

Brisbane COVID-19 case infected despite 'no breaches' in protocol as doctor waits to see if she has highly transmissible UK strain

ABC  

Queensland health authorities are investigating how a Brisbane doctor caught COVID-19 within a hospital as they wait to find out if she has the highly infectious UK strain. Key points: Contact tracers are racing to find people who attended three "high risk" locations on Thursday The doctor tested positive on Friday after waking up with a sore throat Hospitals and …

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread
3 years, 10 months ago

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread

ABC  

Victorians are still coming to grips with their return to life in lockdown as they wait for news about whether or not the so-called "circuit breaker" restrictions have been effective in helping to curtail the current cluster. Nebuliser use at root of cluster The starting point of the cluster has been traced back to Thursday February 4, when three family …

Australian Open on alert as 2nd hotel worker tests positive for Covid-19
3 years, 10 months ago

Australian Open on alert as 2nd hotel worker tests positive for Covid-19

India TV News  

A second hotel quarantine worker tested positive for Covid-19 in Melbourne on Monday, the same day the Australian Open was scheduled to commence. Last Wednesday, a quarantine worker at one of the hotels directly linked to the Australian Open had also tested positive, forcing the cancellation of a day's play at lead-in events, reports Xinhua news agency. Victoria State officials …

Victoria announces coronavirus exposure sites after quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19
3 years, 10 months ago

Victoria announces coronavirus exposure sites after quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19

ABC  

A Victorian quarantine worker's positive COVID-19 test has authorities "assuming the worst", prompting them to list several locations in Melbourne's south-east as exposure sites. Key points: A 26-year-old quarantine hotel worker has tested positive for COVID-19 Officials are working with the man to learn about his movement and contact businesses and people he has been in contact with Anyone who …

Queensland Health says 'all protocols followed' when woman left hotel quarantine to accompany father to hospital
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland Health says 'all protocols followed' when woman left hotel quarantine to accompany father to hospital

ABC  

Health authorities say "all protocols were followed" when a woman in Brisbane hotel quarantine accompanied her father to and from hospital wearing full PPE before she later tested positive for the UK strain of COVID-19. Key points: There was a report an overseas traveller was left unattended at a hospital and travelled back to hotel quarantine in a ride-share vehicle …

Supermarkets, shopping centres among new locations added to NSW COVID-19 exposure list
4 years ago

Supermarkets, shopping centres among new locations added to NSW COVID-19 exposure list

ABC  

NSW Health has added more locations to its list of exposure sites impacted by the coronavirus outbreak on Sydney's northern beaches. Visitors to the following venues should self-isolate for 14 days even if they receive a negative result: Avalon: Alma Avalon Restaurant, 47 Old Barrenjoey Rd, December 16, 8:30pm until close Auburn: Rosnay Golf Club Bistro, 5 Weymouth Ave, December …

Discover Related