Authorities admit the discovery of a Covid case in a woman who escaped Melbourne’s lockdown with her partner to travel to the Sunshine Coast happened due to sheer luck, as police reveal the likely reason they chose their border crossing point.
Authorities admit the discovery of a Covid case in a woman who escaped Melbourne’s lockdown with her partner to travel to the Sunshine Coast happened due to sheer luck, as police reveal the likely reason they chose their border crossing point.
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Subscriber only A Melbourne couple has skipped Victoria s lockdown and brought the Covid-19 virus to Queensland with health authorities scrambling to minimise the chance of a potential outbreak. It s understood the case involving a 44-year-old woman was picked up by sheer luck, with the couple only getting tested so her husband could get a Covid clearance requested by his workplace. The situation threatens to ruin Queensland s run of no locally acquired cases for nine weeks. The woman returned the shock positive in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday after leaving Greater Melbourne with her partner on June 1, despite Victoria entering lockdown on May 28.