Woman in NT quarantine facility tests positive for UK coronavirus strain
4 years ago

Woman in NT quarantine facility tests positive for UK coronavirus strain

ABC  

The UK strain of coronavirus has been detected in Darwin's Howard Springs quarantine facility, with a 26-year-old woman who arrived in Australia from London testing positive for the more contagious strain of the virus. Key points: The woman who tested positive returned to Australia from London on December 30 The woman who tested positive returned to Australia from London on December 30 NT health authorities confirmed she had been infected with the UK strain of coronavirus NT health authorities confirmed she had been infected with the UK strain of coronavirus Health authorities say no-one else on the flight has tested positive It is the first time the virulent UK strain has been detected in the Northern Territory. The woman arrived on a repatriation flight from London on December 30 and tested positive for coronavirus on December 31, but NT health authorities on Saturday confirmed the woman had tested positive for the UK strain after genomic testing was completed. The detection of the UK strain in the NT follows confirmation a woman who flew to Brisbane on a Jetstar flight from Victoria on January 5 has tested positive for UK variant of the virus.

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Covid cases surge across UK again as one in 35 people in England now has virus
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid cases surge across UK again as one in 35 people in England now has virus

The Independent  

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Coronavirus | Centre tightens rules for overseas travellers over Omicron risk
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus | Centre tightens rules for overseas travellers over Omicron risk

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry on Sunday revised guidelines mandating that all international passengers entering India have to submit 14-day travel details and upload a negative RT-PCR test report on the Air Suvidha portal before the journey. Earlier the Central Government in a release issued following a meeting chaired by Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, said it will review “the decision on …

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers
3 years, 2 months ago

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers

ABC  

Victoria is set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for international arrivals from next month, bringing it into line with New South Wales. It's understood arriving travellers would need to be fully immunised and test negative for coronavirus. At this stage, it's believed the quarantine changes will be officially announced at Friday's COVID-19 media conference. Melbourne opening up after 263 days …

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 …

Returning NT resident tests positive for COVID in Darwin after travelling from Newcastle via Brisbane
3 years, 3 months ago

Returning NT resident tests positive for COVID in Darwin after travelling from Newcastle via Brisbane

ABC  

A domestic traveller has tested positive for COVID-19 in Darwin after travelling to the Northern Territory from New South Wales, via Queensland, however, the Territory's Health Minister, Natasha Fyles, says the case poses a "very minimal risk to the Northern Territory community". Key points: A returning Territory resident has tested positive to COVID-19 while in quarantine at Howard Springs He …

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 …

NT records no new COVID-19 cases as Darwin, Alice Springs return negative wastewater results
3 years, 6 months ago

NT records no new COVID-19 cases as Darwin, Alice Springs return negative wastewater results

ABC  

The Northern Territory has recorded no new COVID-19 cases overnight. Key points: The Chief Minister said he was confident the virus was contained Alice Springs and Greater Darwin came out of lockdown on Friday Authorities expressed overall satisfaction with post-lockdown behaviour across the NT It is the third day in a row the NT has reported zero cases. The NT …

A breakdown of COVID outbreaks in each state and territory as positive cases cross borders
3 years, 6 months ago

A breakdown of COVID outbreaks in each state and territory as positive cases cross borders

ABC  

Millions of Australians are starting the week under new COVID-19 restrictions. Western Australia From midday on Sunday, new restrictions were imposed on the Perth and Peel regions for at least three days after a woman who had visited New South Wales tested positive. Friday, June 25 VA939 Sydney — Brisbane VA334 Brisbane — Melbourne Saturday, June 26 VA827 Melbourne — …

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 …

Covid-19 Australia: Shock Covid case found in Queensland after couple fled lockdown Melbourne
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: Shock Covid case found in Queensland after couple fled lockdown Melbourne

Daily Mail  

A woman who left Melbourne while it was in lockdown and went on a road trip through three states has tested positive for coronavirus in Queensland. They then travelled through regional Victoria, crossed the border into NSW where they visited regional centres, and then entered Queensland on June 5 - two days after she started showing symptoms of coronavirus. A …

NT introduces 'day 17 test' for COVID to prevent a local repeat of Victoria's coronavirus outbreak
3 years, 7 months ago

NT introduces 'day 17 test' for COVID to prevent a local repeat of Victoria's coronavirus outbreak

ABC  

Victoria's coronavirus outbreak — and breaches in hotel quarantine more generally — have spurred a new coronavirus testing measure in the Northern Territory. Key points: The change affects repatriated Australians coming to the NT after quarantining interstate Those people will need to get tested 17 days after they began quarantine The rule is being introduced because of repeated breaches of …

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 …

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 …

NT records another 10 COVID cases in quarantine as Howard Springs boss says facility 'under control'
3 years, 8 months ago

NT records another 10 COVID cases in quarantine as Howard Springs boss says facility 'under control'

ABC  

The head of the specialist health team running the highly praised Howard Springs quarantine facility says "stops and checks" are in place to ensure the system is not overburdened, as the NT records a surge in coronavirus cases from repatriated flights from India. Key points: The Northern Territory has recorded 10 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours The …

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 …

Four more returned Australians test positive for COVID-19 in Howard Springs after arriving from India
3 years, 8 months ago

Four more returned Australians test positive for COVID-19 in Howard Springs after arriving from India

ABC  

Four more people have tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in the Northern Territory on repatriation flights from India. Key points: The new cases include returned Australians aged 8, 11, 38 and 60 Health authorities say all four cases are displaying mild symptoms The Howard Springs quarantine facility is expanding its intake of returned Australians from 850 to 2,000 a …

Brisbane COVID case confirmed to be UK variant with link to Princess Alexandra Hospital cluster
3 years, 9 months ago

Brisbane COVID case confirmed to be UK variant with link to Princess Alexandra Hospital cluster

ABC  

Genomic testing has shown Brisbane's latest locally acquired COVID-19 case is linked to a previous cluster involving two overseas travellers and a doctor at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Key points: Genomic testing has confirmed the Brisbane landscaper is infected with the UK strain Authorities don't know how he became infected Other states and territories have moved swiftly to restrict travel …

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 …

NSW quarantine hotel worker tests positive to coronavirus
3 years, 9 months ago

NSW quarantine hotel worker tests positive to coronavirus

ABC  

Health authorities are racing to identify the source of infection of a security guard who has tested positive for coronavirus. Key points: The worker is employed at the Sofitel Wentworth and Mantra in Haymarket The 47-year-old security guard received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on March 2 His household contacts are isolating and have so far tested negative …

Victoria records zero coronavirus cases as Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins
3 years, 10 months ago

Victoria records zero coronavirus cases as Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins

ABC  

An infectious diseases expert who was part of the team which treated Australia's first coronavirus patient has become the first person in Victoria to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Key points: Monash Health's Rhonda Stuart says it's "amazing" the vaccine is available a year after the first patients were treated About 12,000 doses of the vaccine are scheduled for rollout …

Australians 'can still have faith' in COVID-19 vaccines despite South Africa, UK strains
3 years, 10 months ago

Australians 'can still have faith' in COVID-19 vaccines despite South Africa, UK strains

ABC  

As Victoria goes into a snap five-day lockdown, desperate to prevent the spread of a highly contagious strain of coronavirus which originated overseas, health experts say Australians can still have faith in the nation's vaccine strategy. Key points: Victoria's chief health officer says the UK strain could become the world's most dominant Victoria's chief health officer says the UK strain …

Daniel Andrews announces snap coronavirus lockdown for Victoria in response to 'hyper-infectious' UK strain
3 years, 10 months ago

Daniel Andrews announces snap coronavirus lockdown for Victoria in response to 'hyper-infectious' UK strain

ABC  

Victoria will enter a "short, sharp circuit-breaker" lockdown for five days to respond to fears the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus has spread in the community, Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed. Key points: Stage 4 restrictions will be in place across the entire state from 11:59pm Friday until 11:59pm on Wednesday Stage 4 restrictions will be in place across …

Melbourne quarantine hotel outbreak climbs to three
3 years, 10 months ago

Melbourne quarantine hotel outbreak climbs to three

Daily Mail  

A hotel worker has tested positive for coronavirus just hours after a resident, bringing Melbourne's quarantine outbreak to three. The Victorian Department of Health announced a third case at Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport on Tuesday night, saying 'interviews are underway' to trace the worker's movements The woman was cleared to leave the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport but has since tested …

Melbourne hotel quarantine worker tests positive to coronavirus hours before Australian Open begins
3 years, 11 months ago

Melbourne hotel quarantine worker tests positive to coronavirus hours before Australian Open begins

Daily Mail  

Australia's east coast is on high alert for yet another coronavirus outbreak after two hotel quarantine breaches within hours of each other. NSW Health authorities are also scrambling after a traveller tested positive two days after they were released from hotel quarantine in Sydney. A hotel quarantine worker at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport has tested positive to coronavirus …

Victoria announces coronavirus exposure sites after quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19
3 years, 11 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 …

NT records 100th coronavirus case — a total that remains a national low
3 years, 11 months ago

NT records 100th coronavirus case — a total that remains a national low

ABC  

The Northern Territory has recorded its 100th coronavirus case, a number that remains the lowest in the nation since the disease was first reported in Wuhan in December 2019. Key points: A 59-year-old woman is the NT's 100th coronavirus diagnosis A 59-year-old woman is the NT's 100th coronavirus diagnosis There has been no local transmission of coronavirus in the NT …

Patient tested for coronavirus at Fiona Stanley Hospital in WA likely historic case, CHO says
3 years, 11 months ago

Patient tested for coronavirus at Fiona Stanley Hospital in WA likely historic case, CHO says

ABC  

Authorities say a patient treated at Fiona Stanley Hospital who posted online about being infected with COVID-19 is believed to have contracted the virus late last year and is not thought to be infectious. Key points: The patient reported to Fiona Stanley Hospital with COVID symptoms He has returned a weak positive test result from a swab But that doesn't …

Growing concern COVID-19 could be in South-East Queensland community after second detection in wastewater testing
3 years, 11 months ago

Growing concern COVID-19 could be in South-East Queensland community after second detection in wastewater testing

ABC  

Queensland's Acting Chief Health Officer Sonya Bennett is voicing concern there is undetected coronavirus in the community. Key points: COVID-19 fragments have been repeatedly detected at Coombabah, Cleveland and Carole Park COVID-19 fragments have been repeatedly detected at Coombabah, Cleveland and Carole Park Dr Bennett says Cleveland and Carole Park sewage treatments aren't fed by hotel quarantine Dr Bennett says …

Study sheds light on in-flight transmission risk of coronavirus during long-haul travel
3 years, 11 months ago

Study sheds light on in-flight transmission risk of coronavirus during long-haul travel

India TV News  

Despite diagnostic testing of passengers before the departure of international flights, instances of in-flight transmission of the novel coronavirus are likely, says a study that assessed people who travelled aboard a plane from Dubai to New Zealand. They said the third individual to test positive was asymptomatic, while symptom onset and positive test result dates for three other passengers were …

Queensland Cabinet to discuss COVID-19 vaccine rollout as coronavirus fragments detected at 13 wastewater sites in 48 hours
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland Cabinet to discuss COVID-19 vaccine rollout as coronavirus fragments detected at 13 wastewater sites in 48 hours

ABC  

A rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine will be discussed with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her Cabinet on Wednesday, as fragments of coronavirus were detected at 13 wastewater sites across the state in the past 48 hours. Key points: Queensland's Chief Health Officer will fly to Townsville tomorrow to discuss the vaccine rollout Queensland's Chief Health Officer will fly to …

New Zealand’s new Covid case identified as South African variant
3 years, 11 months ago

New Zealand’s new Covid case identified as South African variant

The Independent  

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New Zealand reports first case of coronavirus in community in months
3 years, 11 months ago

New Zealand reports first case of coronavirus in community in months

ABC  

New Zealand has reported its first coronavirus case outside of a quarantine facility in more than two months, although there is no immediate evidence the virus is spreading in the community. Key points: The woman twice tested negative for coronavirus while in hotel quarantine Authorities are looking into whether she caught the virus from another returning traveller Pressure is growing …

Restrictions may relax next week as NSW records third day without locally acquired coronavirus cases
3 years, 11 months ago

Restrictions may relax next week as NSW records third day without locally acquired coronavirus cases

ABC  

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she hopes to return the state to "pre-Avalon conditions" next week after recording no locally acquired COVID-19 cases. Key points: NSW reaches the third day without locally acquired coronavirus cases Testing levels have increased to 19,959, compared with 10,621 on the previous day Some restrictions will be relaxed next week if case numbers remain low, …

Covid testing before travel to the UK: the key questions and answers
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid testing before travel to the UK: the key questions and answers

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “If the test result does not include this information you may not be able to board, and may not be …

Coronavirus cases after Australian Open chartered flights into Melbourne force players into strict quarantine
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus cases after Australian Open chartered flights into Melbourne force players into strict quarantine

ABC  

Dozens of players who flew into Melbourne for the Australian Open will be confined to their rooms and unable to train for 14 days after passengers on two charter flights tested positive for COVID-19. Key points: Passengers on charter flights from Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles have tested positive for COVID-19 Passengers on charter flights from Abu Dhabi and Los …

Fears UK coronavirus mutant strain has snuck into NSW from Brisbane hotel
3 years, 11 months ago

Fears UK coronavirus mutant strain has snuck into NSW from Brisbane hotel

Daily Mail  

The UK coronavirus mutant strain may have slipped into New South Wales from returned travellers who have already quarantined in Queensland, health bosses fear. Contact tracers have been working tirelessly overnight to speak with returned travellers who were quarantined in the Brisbane hotel where a cleaner tested positive to the UK mutant strain of coronavirus. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said NSW …

Russia confirms first case of new UK coronavirus strain
3 years, 11 months ago

Russia confirms first case of new UK coronavirus strain

Live Mint  

Moscow on Sunday confirmed its first case of the new UK coronavirus strain, despite an earlier decision by officials to suspend flights from Britain to stop the mutation reaching Russia. One person returning to Russia from the UK was found to have been infected with the new strain, the head of Russia's health regulator Rospotrebnadzor told state-run television. The B117 …

Australian authorities say we need to assume the UK COVID-19 variant will become the dominant strain. This is where the virus has spread so far
3 years, 11 months ago

Australian authorities say we need to assume the UK COVID-19 variant will become the dominant strain. This is where the virus has spread so far

ABC  

It's been about five weeks since the UK Health Minister announced a new strain of the coronavirus. So far, 45 countries have detected the UK coronavirus variant, according to cov-lineages.org, which, among other things, tracks the global spread of the new COVID-19 strains. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, "this strain is likely to become more dominant strain of the virus …

96 people test positive for UK variant of coronavirus in India, says Govt
3 years, 11 months ago

96 people test positive for UK variant of coronavirus in India, says Govt

India Today  

The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of coronavirus in India has climbed to 96, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. "The total number of persons found infected with the mutant UK strain of Covid-19 is 96," the ministry said. The close contacts of the people infected with the new variant of the …

Victoria reports no new local coronavirus cases, early learning centre closed after suspected false positive
3 years, 11 months ago

Victoria reports no new local coronavirus cases, early learning centre closed after suspected false positive

ABC  

Victoria's Chief Health Officer says a child who attended a Melbourne early learning centre then later tested positive to coronavirus in Israel may be a false-positive result. Key points: Brett Sutton says the rapid testing kits used for the positive result are unreliable, but close contacts are still isolating Victoria recorded its fifth consecutive day of zero locally-transmitted coronavirus cases …

New evidence that U.K. coronavirus variant spreads more easily has scientists really worried
3 years, 11 months ago

New evidence that U.K. coronavirus variant spreads more easily has scientists really worried

LA Times  

The coronavirus variant that emerged in the United Kingdom belongs to the world now, and mounting evidence is confirming some scientists’ early suspicions: It is a super spreader capable of turbocharging the pandemic and muscling less transmissible strains of the virus into oblivion. Using many distinct methods to track the U.K. variant and compare it to its predecessors, two groups …

Victoria records no local coronavirus cases, six infections in hotel quarantine
3 years, 11 months ago

Victoria records no local coronavirus cases, six infections in hotel quarantine

ABC  

Victoria has recorded no locally acquired coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row, with six COVID-19 infections in hotel quarantine. Key points: The six cases in hotel quarantine acquired the virus overseas The six cases in hotel quarantine acquired the virus overseas There were more than 23,000 test results processed on Saturday There were more than 23,000 test …

Australia's coronavirus quarantine protocols are changing because of the mutant UK COVID-19 strain
4 years ago

Australia's coronavirus quarantine protocols are changing because of the mutant UK COVID-19 strain

ABC  

A woman who contracted the mutant UK strain of COVID-19 and flew into Brisbane from Melbourne after clearing hotel quarantine has since tested positive to the virus again, prompting an urgent public health response. Queensland's Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the woman flew into Melbourne from the UK on December 26 and tested positive a day later. She spent …

Victoria records no locally acquired coronavirus cases for third day in a row, one in hotel quarantine
4 years ago

Victoria records no locally acquired coronavirus cases for third day in a row, one in hotel quarantine

ABC  

Victoria has recorded no locally acquired COVID-19 cases for the third day running, with one infection in hotel quarantine. Key points: The one case in hotel quarantine acquired the virus overseas The one case in hotel quarantine acquired the virus overseas Authorities are still yet to confirm the source of the Black Rock cluster and a mystery case who attended …

82 in India detected with new UK mutant coronavirus strain
4 years ago

82 in India detected with new UK mutant coronavirus strain

India TV News  

The Central government on Friday said that a total of 82 persons have been detected with the new 'more transmissible' UK coronavirus mutant strain. According to the Health Ministry, all 82 persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated healthcare facilities by respective state governments. The tracing and testing was initiated after the British Government announced that a …

NSW records four local coronavirus cases, Brisbane travellers to self-isolate
4 years ago

NSW records four local coronavirus cases, Brisbane travellers to self-isolate

ABC  

Health authorities have ordered travellers from the Greater Brisbane area who are now in NSW to isolate at home until Monday evening. Key points: John Barilaro said he supported Queensland public health orders NSW health authorities were "taking a precautionary approach" to mutated strains of COVID-19 Despite an unlinked Avalon case, Sydney's northern beaches will reopen again on Sunday The …

Quarantine hotel worker confirmed to have UK strain of coronavirus as visits to Greater Brisbane aged care facilities restricted
4 years ago

Quarantine hotel worker confirmed to have UK strain of coronavirus as visits to Greater Brisbane aged care facilities restricted

ABC  

A cleaner who tested positive to coronavirus after working in a quarantine hotel in Brisbane has been confirmed through genome sequencing as having the more contagious UK strain of the virus, Queensland Health says. Key points: The woman is confirmed to be infected with the more contagious UK strain of COVID-19 The woman is confirmed to be infected with the …

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