Queensland considers mining camps for quarantining travellers with four new cases recorded
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland considers mining camps for quarantining travellers with four new cases recorded

ABC  

The Queensland Government will consider using mining camps to quarantine international travellers as the state grapples with a cluster of the highly-contagious UK strain of coronavirus. Key points: Four new cases recorded overnight but none have been linked to the Hotel Grand Chancellor Four new cases recorded overnight but none have been linked to the Hotel Grand Chancellor Two cases were returned travellers from South Africa and two from the United States Two cases were returned travellers from South Africa and two from the United States Investigation are ongoing into how the UK variant spread to six people Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she would raise the matter with the Federal Government when national cabinet meets next Friday. No cases linked to Hotel Grand Chancellor so far Queensland recorded four new cases of coronavirus overnight, all were in hotel quarantine. None of the positive cases were at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, which was evacuated and shut down yesterday after a spread of the UK variant on its seventh floor. Paul Atta was due to be released from the Hotel Grand Chancellor tomorrow but has been moved to The Westin for the second quarantine round.

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Queensland records 39 COVID deaths with historical cases from January included in tally
2 years, 10 months ago

Queensland records 39 COVID deaths with historical cases from January included in tally

ABC  

Queensland has recorded 39 COVID deaths, however the latest cases stretch back to mid-January with the Chief Health Officer warning it does not indicate a peak in cases. Key points: Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says Wellcamp could cost $190million a year to operate Shadow Finance Minister Jarrod Bleijie says the Wellcamp project did not go to tender There has been …

Queensland's Wellcamp facility opens as COVID-19 hotel quarantine program ends
2 years, 10 months ago

Queensland's Wellcamp facility opens as COVID-19 hotel quarantine program ends

ABC  

The Queensland government's Wellcamp quarantine facility has officially been opened outside of Toowoomba as the state closes its COVID-19 hotel quarantine scheme and prepares for more international arrivals. Key points: The Wellcamp quarantine facility near Toowoomba has 500 beds with another 500 to be available in April A second quarantine facility at Brisbane Airport will also open in April Taxpayers …

Covid can spread between rooms in hotel quarantine, research shows
3 years ago

Covid can spread between rooms in hotel quarantine, research shows

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. In one case in July, a single traveller in hotel quarantine in Auckland infected three others in a room across …

WA coronavirus update: Five COVID cases emerge in Perth outbreak
3 years ago

WA coronavirus update: Five COVID cases emerge in Perth outbreak

ABC  

Western Australia has recorded five new COVID cases, a day after an unvaccinated French backpacker tested positive to the disease. WA Premier Mark McGowan said one was a close contact of case 1133, who attended an event with the man at the Perth Mess Hall in Northbridge on December 19. Fremantle hostel locked down Mr McGowan said 100 of the …

Some 20 travelers from South Africa still in quarantine hotel
3 years, 1 month ago

Some 20 travelers from South Africa still in quarantine hotel

NL Times  

About 20 people are still staying in the quarantine hotel in Badhoevedorp. This group includes people who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving at Schiphol from South Africa 10 days ago, as well as their loved ones. "Formalities often still have to be arranged to start the return journey, and a flight has to be booked," explained the GGD Kennemerland. …

Travellers from South Africa required to quarantine in hotels if positive for Covid
3 years, 1 month ago

Travellers from South Africa required to quarantine in hotels if positive for Covid

NL Times  

Anyone who tests positive for coronavirus out of about 600 passengers who returned from South Africa will be required to quarantine in a hotel, the GGD Kennemerland said. It concerns only those passengers who departed on two KLM aircraft from South Africa before the Netherlands implemented a flight ban from that country, but who landed in the Netherlands after the …

Annastacia Palaszczuk backflips on Queensland's hotel quarantine after backlash over NRL WAGS
3 years, 4 months ago

Annastacia Palaszczuk backflips on Queensland's hotel quarantine after backlash over NRL WAGS

Daily Mail  

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk appears to have backed down on the pause to the state's hotel quarantine program, re-opening it from this Saturday - but at this stage, just 50 families will be allowed to return. The decision to re-start the hotel quarantine program comes a day after the outrage over the government's seemingly hypocritical stance of allowing NRL WAGs …

Queensland records zero new cases of COVID-19, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces easing of restrictions
3 years, 4 months ago

Queensland records zero new cases of COVID-19, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces easing of restrictions

ABC  

Queensland has recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced. Key points: It has been 20 days since Queensland last recorded an active case in the community Masks will not be required outdoors anymore, aside from people attending sporting events at stadiums There were no new cases reported on Palm Island after traces of the virus …

Hotspot travellers locked out of Queensland as authorities pause COVID-19 hotel quarantine
3 years, 4 months ago

Hotspot travellers locked out of Queensland as authorities pause COVID-19 hotel quarantine

ABC  

Travel plans for people trying to relocate to Queensland have been thrown into disarray with the announcement the state is pausing arrivals from interstate hotspots for the next fortnight. Key points: People who have already received a "right of entry" border pass will have to reapply The Premier said the pause would help manage quarantine hotel capacity Health Minister Yvette …

Backpackers 'unclear what's going down' as Queensland Health keeps them locked up in Brisbane hostels
3 years, 5 months ago

Backpackers 'unclear what's going down' as Queensland Health keeps them locked up in Brisbane hostels

ABC  

Backpackers potentially exposed to a COVID-19 case were left locked up in two Brisbane hostels last night despite Queensland Health admitting the venues did not allow occupants to quarantine properly. Key points: Contact tracers are looking for anybody who was at the Roma Street City Backpackers in Brisbane since July 22 Dr Jeannette Young has expressed concern about the mounting …

How the Delta COVID variant likely jumped Victorian hotel quarantine and started a Melbourne outbreak
3 years, 7 months ago

How the Delta COVID variant likely jumped Victorian hotel quarantine and started a Melbourne outbreak

ABC  

Victoria is one step closer to solving the mystery of how the Delta strain of COVID-19 slipped into the community, and it looks like another hotel quarantine leak is the culprit. Theory two: The traveller transmitted the virus to a quarantine staff member Professor Cheng said the public health team, which had only learnt about the link on Monday, was …

Victoria's COVID outbreak sees travel restrictions return for Queensland border
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria's COVID outbreak sees travel restrictions return for Queensland border

ABC  

Victoria is tackling another COVID-19 outbreak, which means some restrictions are back for Queenslanders travelling to and from the southern state. 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. New exposure sites Contact …

South Australia imposes new border restrictions with Victoria over Melbourne coronavirus cluster
3 years, 7 months ago

South Australia imposes new border restrictions with Victoria over Melbourne coronavirus cluster

ABC  

South Australia has imposed fresh border restrictions in response to Melbourne's coronavirus cases, but SA Health says it is not ready to release its report into a man who stayed in an Adelaide medi-hotel and is potentially linked to the cluster. Key points: Anyone who has been at an exposure site in the relevant time is now banned from entering …

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 …

Victoria records COVID-19 case at Wollert, north of Melbourne, after man leaves SA hotel quarantine
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria records COVID-19 case at Wollert, north of Melbourne, after man leaves SA hotel quarantine

ABC  

Victorian health authorities have revealed six potential COVID-19 exposure sites, after a man who completed his hotel quarantine in South Australia returned to the state and tested positive. Key points: Follow-up tests confirmed the man's positive COVID-19 diagnosis He left India in mid-April, before completing hotel quarantine in South Australia Potential exposure sites have been listed in the Melbourne CBD, …

NSW warns other states over Sydney COVID-19 quarantine hotel infections
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW warns other states over Sydney COVID-19 quarantine hotel infections

ABC  

Health authorities in NSW have warned several people who could have been exposed to COVID-19 inside a Sydney quarantine hotel have already travelled interstate. Key points: NSW Health says four more return travellers who stayed at the Mercure Hotel need to get tested NSW Health says four more return travellers who stayed at the Mercure Hotel need to get tested …

India travel ban proposed after coronavirus cases in Perth hotel quarantine prompts concern
3 years, 8 months ago

India travel ban proposed after coronavirus cases in Perth hotel quarantine prompts concern

ABC  

Members of the Indian community want Australia to continue accepting arrivals from India on compassionate grounds even if Premier Mark McGowan's suggestion of a travel ban from the country is adopted. Key points: Two-fifths of recent COVID-19 cases in WA quarantine travelled from India Two-fifths of recent COVID-19 cases in WA quarantine travelled from India The WA Premier will raise …

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call
3 years, 8 months ago

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call

ABC  

Two people staying at a Perth quarantine hotel have contracted the UK strain of COVID-19 from returned overseas travellers from India who were in another room. Key points: The two guests caught the virus from a couple staying in an opposite room The couple had arrived in WA from India infected with the UK strain The WA Premier has called …

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 …

One new community acquired COVID-19 case detected in Queensland connected to existing clusters
3 years, 9 months ago

One new community acquired COVID-19 case detected in Queensland connected to existing clusters

ABC  

Queensland has detected one new locally acquired case of COVID-19 of a close contact of one of the existing clusters that saw Greater Brisbane locked down 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: 92.7 per cent Latest case …

Traveller describes 'totally chaotic' response from Victorian authorities hours after Brisbane red zone declared
3 years, 9 months ago

Traveller describes 'totally chaotic' response from Victorian authorities hours after Brisbane red zone declared

ABC  

A man who tried to travel to Victoria from Brisbane before it was declared a red zone says he was forced into hotel quarantine, despite repeated assurances from the Department of Health he would not be. Key points: Sam says he was assured he would only face orange zone restrictions, but when his flight landed he was taken to hotel …

Three Victorians in coronavirus hotel quarantine after visiting Queensland
3 years, 9 months ago

Three Victorians in coronavirus hotel quarantine after visiting Queensland

ABC  

Three Victorians will spend a fortnight in hotel quarantine after visiting a high-risk exposure site while travelling in Queensland. Key points: Two of the three had returned negative tests by Sunday morning, while the third was still pending Secondary close contacts are being identified, with more expected to be contacted Victoria says it has no current plans to close the …

Brisbane COVID-19 community transmission case puts city on alert after man visits multiple public venues while infectious
3 years, 9 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 …

WA imposes new quarantine restrictions for travellers from Queensland after COVID case
3 years, 9 months ago

WA imposes new quarantine restrictions for travellers from Queensland after COVID case

ABC  

Western Australia has imposed new quarantine restrictions on certain travellers returning from Queensland after that state recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus. Key points: People visiting WA from some parts of Queensland will have to quarantine Roger Cook says there could be further announcements in the next 24 hours He says he is disappointed in the low rates …

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year. Here's what happens next
3 years, 9 months ago

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year. Here's what happens next

ABC  

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year, after the Health Department declared the final active case in the state had recovered. The health department said on Monday night that "almost all" current hotel quarantine workers had already had the first jab. Professor Baxter said if all workers had at least had their first vaccination injection, the outbreak risk …

Record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea arrive in Queensland's hotel quarantine
3 years, 9 months ago

Record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea arrive in Queensland's hotel quarantine

ABC  

A record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea have been recorded in hotel quarantine in Queensland. 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. "I really want to thank the Australian …

No sign of community transmission linked to COVID-infected Brisbane doctor so far as more than half of close contacts test negative
3 years, 9 months ago

No sign of community transmission linked to COVID-infected Brisbane doctor so far as more than half of close contacts test negative

ABC  

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there is no sign of community transmission linked to a COVID-infected Brisbane doctor so far, as more than half of her close contacts have returned negative test results. Key points: More than half of the 400 contacts linked to an infected doctor have so far tested negative More than half of the 400 contacts linked …

States issue strict new travel warnings after a hotel quarantine guard tests positive in NSW
3 years, 9 months ago

States issue strict new travel warnings after a hotel quarantine guard tests positive in NSW

Daily Mail  

Three states have acted swiftly to issue travel warnings after a Sydney hotel quarantine security guard tested positive to coronavirus. Victorian authorities said anyone who visited Pancakes on the Rocks Beverley Hills in Sydney's south between 10.45am and midday on March 13 must get tested and immediately quarantine for 14 days. Western Australia's Department of Health issued similar advice for …

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 …

Close contacts of COVID-19 doctor test negative as Brisbane Hotel Grand Chancellor in lockdown again
3 years, 9 months ago

Close contacts of COVID-19 doctor test negative as Brisbane Hotel Grand Chancellor in lockdown again

ABC  

Queensland has one new case of COVID-19, but it is likely historical and not connected to the case of a doctor at Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital who tested positive, the state's health authorities say. Key points: Contact tracing is essentially complete, with 238 contacts traced from four venues the doctor attended on Thursday Contact tracing is essentially complete, with 238 …

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 …

COVID updates: NSW quarantine hotel worker who contracted COVID-19 had been vaccinated — as it happened
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID updates: NSW quarantine hotel worker who contracted COVID-19 had been vaccinated — as it happened

ABC  

Dr Kerry Chant said around 130 people had been contacted who worked with the security guard. "In terms of where this person acquired it, as the Minister indicated, this gentleman works in our hotel quarantine systems and generally works on the weekend and does weekend shifts in the hotel quarantine system. He was infectious while doing a shift and we …

Urgent review of WA hotel quarantine begins after COVID-19 positive worker
3 years, 10 months ago

Urgent review of WA hotel quarantine begins after COVID-19 positive worker

ABC  

Authorities are urgently examining airflow in every quarantine hotel in Western Australia in the wake of last month's positive COVID-19 case. Key points: The review will assess ventilation in all of WA's quarantine hotels The review will assess ventilation in all of WA's quarantine hotels An occupational hygienist and mechanical engineer will examine all sites An occupational hygienist and mechanical …

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 …

Victorian hotel quarantine chief Emma Cassar stands by statement her team was not told about nebuliser
3 years, 10 months ago

Victorian hotel quarantine chief Emma Cassar stands by statement her team was not told about nebuliser

ABC  

The head of COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria, Emma Cassar, says there is "no evidence" that a guest at the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn told her team he had the nebuliser that has been blamed for the current coronavirus outbreak. Key points: Ms Cassar said the man was "not lying" She said she could not explain the difference in accounts Fourteen cases …

Priti Patel claims hotel quarantine cannot be brought in overnight – even though Australia did just that
3 years, 10 months ago

Priti Patel claims hotel quarantine cannot be brought in overnight – even though Australia did just that

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. Read our privacy policy As “maintenance issues” continue to hamper the introduction of the hotel quarantine scheme, the home secretary …

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 …

Experts claim Australia's hotel quarantine system can't contain mutant strains
3 years, 11 months ago

Experts claim Australia's hotel quarantine system can't contain mutant strains

Daily Mail  

Public health experts believe more coronavirus infections will escape Australia's hotel quarantine program and are pushing for changes to the system. A leak from hotel quarantine sparked a lockdown in Perth last week with residents required to wear masks Scott Morrison wants to expand the Howard Springs quarantine facility in the Northern Territory with 40,000 Australians trying to come home …

Hotel quarantine: Ministers yet to sign a single contract for use of rooms with just a WEEK to go
3 years, 11 months ago

Hotel quarantine: Ministers yet to sign a single contract for use of rooms with just a WEEK to go

Daily Mail  

Ministers have yet to secure a single hotel room for use in a new enforced quarantine plan that is due to come into force in just a week's time, it was revealed today. Britain's hotel quarantine scheme came under fresh criticism on Sunday when it emerged 35 countries where mutant coronavirus strains have been found are not on the list …

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 …

Probe cannot determine exactly how Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor coronavirus cluster evaded infection controls
3 years, 11 months ago

Probe cannot determine exactly how Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor coronavirus cluster evaded infection controls

ABC  

An investigation into Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor coronavirus cluster has been unable to determine exactly how the virus evaded infection controls. Key points: The positive case of the highly infectious UK strain forced Greater Brisbane into a three-day lockdown The positive case of the highly infectious UK strain forced Greater Brisbane into a three-day lockdown The probe recommends CCTV be …

Hotel quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Victoria, transmission between rooms being investigated
3 years, 11 months ago

Hotel quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Victoria, transmission between rooms being investigated

ABC  

Victorian health authorities are investigating a case of COVID-19 in a hotel quarantine worker, with a public health team working to notify the staff member's close contacts. Key points: The new case comes as authorities investigate the spread of coronavirus from one room to another in a quarantine hotel The new case comes as authorities investigate the spread of coronavirus …

Coronavirus lockdown prompts questions over how hotel quarantine system failed
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown prompts questions over how hotel quarantine system failed

ABC  

WA authorities have defended Perth's hotel quarantine system despite a security guard testing positive to COVID-19 amid criticism from the state's peak doctor's union. Key points: Two investigations have been launched into the COVID infection Two investigations have been launched into the COVID infection Previous hotel quarantine system reviews did not identify problems Previous hotel quarantine system reviews did not …

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 …

Australian Open: Nine active cases of COVID-19 in quarantine, say officials
3 years, 11 months ago

Australian Open: Nine active cases of COVID-19 in quarantine, say officials

The Hindu  

One case of COVID-19 among those in quarantine ahead of the Australian Open has been reclassified, local health officials said on Sunday, leaving nine active cases in the group of players and support staff isolating in Melbourne hotels. COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria also said in a statement that the one case of the virus acquired overseas reported on Sunday was not …

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 …

Queensland records three new cases of coronavirus, none linked to Hotel Grand Chancellor
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland records three new cases of coronavirus, none linked to Hotel Grand Chancellor

ABC  

Queensland has recorded three new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, two in hotel quarantine and a historical case from Cairns, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says. The Premier said she was not "worried" about the latest cases and all 129 people who were transferred from the ill-fated Hotel Grand Chancellor have tested negative. Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young …

Queensland reports three new cases of coronavirus
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland reports three new cases of coronavirus

Daily Mail  

Queensland has reported three new cases of coronavirus, two in hotel quarantine and one historical case. Premier Palaszczuk is still considering using mining camps instead of hotels to quarantine Health officials rejected reports that a father and daughter from Lebanon who were staying at the hotel breached quarantine before they tested positive. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she is still investigating …

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 …

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