Brisbane International Airport.
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The man and his travel partner had been in transit on a flight from Port Moresby, a coronavirus hotspot, and were accidentally allowed into the green zone at the departures terminal on Thursday morning.
The reported breach was in the Hudson Café and the nearby male toilets. New Zealand s Ministry of Health said it had been informed CCTV footage also showed the café table was cleared and cleaned when they left.
The pair shopped for one-and-a-half hours and used public toilets before being retrieved.
They were wearing masks and were socially distancing.
Nearly 400 travellers awaiting three different flights to New Zealand were in the departures terminal at the time.
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PNG passengers tested following Brisbane green zone error
Two transiting passengers from a flight from Papua New Guinea are being tested after a potential green zone breach in Brisbane International Airport this morning.
The pair were inadvertently directed into the airport’s green departure zone, instead of the red zone which is designated for travellers from higher-risk countries.
They were in the green zone for around 2 hours with other passengers due to depart for New Zealand.
Prior to entry into Queensland, both passengers reportedly tested negative for COVID-19.
Both passengers have also been tested in Brisbane this afternoon, with one passenger returning a negative result. The other test was equivocal, meaning it did not indicate either a positive or negative test.
A man who tested positive to COVID-19 after unwittingly entering the green zone at Brisbane International Airport is posing less and less of a risk to the community, authorities say.
Two passengers from Papua New Guinea (PNG) travelling on a red flight, who had initially both tested negative, were accidentally allowed to wander into the green zone at the airport for around two hours from 9.30am on Thursday.
One man was later revealed to be positive to COVID-19, sparking fears he could have exposed hundreds of passengers to the virus, however Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young today said authorities the risk of an outbreak was very low .
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The first medicinal cannabis product will land on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme tomorrow, to help young children who suffer from a rare and debilitating form of epilepsy.
Dravet syndrome is a condition that begins in the first year of a child s life, which inflicts lengthy and frequent seizures.
Sufferers can also face intellectual disabilities, orthopaedic conditions, chronic infections, and disruption of the autonomic nervous system – the network that controls body temperature and heart rate.
The condition is drug-resistant and treatment options are limited, but cannabidiol has shown to have success in decreasing the seizures.