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Three family members diagnosed with COVID-19 in hotel quarantine picked up the virus from fellow returned travellers, NSW Health has confirmed.
Health detectives believe the three cases picked up the virus from a family of four who stayed in the adjoining room of the Adina Apartment Hotel at Sydney s Town Hall.
Health was tipped off to the transmission after all seven people had the same sequence of the virus, despite arriving from different countries at different times.
The three cases have now been reclassified as locally acquired instead of overseas acquired, the government said on Sunday.
NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of #COVID19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
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Binnion has no access to fresh air, but sheâs staying positive. She is trying to maintain a sense of optimism and fun by sharing anecdotes on a Facebook group she set up specifically for Melburnians doing hotel quarantine together, exercising and attempting culinary creations.
âEven though I donât have the most glamorous view â Iâm looking over a BP service station â I do get a lot of sunlight which is lucky,â she says.
Stacey Binnion brings a bit of flair to her supplied hotel quarantine meal at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne airport.
âThe highlight of the day is when they announce meal times on the speaker phone and you don your mask and venture outside to collect your brown paper bag waiting in front of your doorstep.
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Queensland s vaccination hubs have begun rolling out notices for severe allergic reactions after four cases of anaphylaxis were recorded in 48 hours across the state during the administration of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Health authorities sought to reassure residents the four cases - one in Bundaberg, one in Toowoomba, and two in Ipswich - were treated immediately and have all returned home following a period of monitoring.
Anaphylaxis and other allergic reactions were not completely unexpected as a possible side-effect of these vaccines, however, any delays to vaccine rollout or further amendments to current measures must be determined by the federal government.
A quarantine hotel in Brisbane has been locked down after confirmation of coronavirus spreading inside after a doctor contracted the virus from a person staying there.
Travellers who have stayed at the Hotel Grand Chancellor are being urged to get tested for coronavirus after genomic testing confirmed spread within the hotel.
Queensland has recorded six new cases in hotel quarantine, but none from the locked down hotel. There has been no local transmission.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the state has 38 active cases and completed 4376 tests yesterday.
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There has been spread of coronavirus within the Hotel Grand Cancellor in Brisbane. (Attila Csaszar)