Cotters Market vendors 'heartbroken' missing two weeks of trade after Townsville's COVID-19 case

Market vendors in Townsville have been without income for two weeks, after a woman who tested positive to COVID-19 visited the event. Key points: The Cotters Markets will resume this weekend after a two-week suspension Hundreds of people had to isolate after a woman who later tested positive to COVID-19 visited the markets Organisers say some vendors lost their only source of income Hundreds of people were identified as close contacts of the case, including stallholders at Cotters Market. Mr Kern said many stallholders had lost two weeks of income. The Cotters Markets will resume this weekend, and those identified as close contacts completed two weeks of isolation at the weekend, with zero cases of community transmission recorded in the north.