Worker at Brisbane Youth Detention Centre tests positive to coronavirus
ABCA supervisor at Brisbane Youth Detention Centre in Wacol, in the city's west, has tested positive to coronavirus, forcing hundreds of staff and children to be tested. Key points: More than 600 staff and youth at the detention centre are being tested More than 600 staff and youth at the detention centre are being tested It's unknown how the woman, who lives in the Ipswich area, contracted the virus It's unknown how the woman, who lives in the Ipswich area, contracted the virus The centre had been closed to visitors, making contact tracing easier Queensland Health said the woman, who is in her 70s and lives in the Ipswich suburb of Bundamba, did five shifts while she was infectious. Queensland's Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the woman worked at the centre for five shifts while she was sick. Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the woman first developed symptoms about August 10 and the positive test came in late last night.