Locals from a Far North Queensland town have vented their outrage after a Covid-infected woman flew home from a identified hot spot in Melbourne.
The woman, a student aged in her 20s, boarded a flight to the Sunshine Coast from Melbourne on July 13 and then received a text message from Victoria Health two days later.
She was informed she had attended a ‘Tier one’ exposure site at the Young and Jackson Pub in Melbourne s CBD on July 10.
But instead of self isolating in the Sunshine State after she was tested for Covid, she chose to catch up with friends, go shopping and visited popular restaurant Rice Boi in Mooloolaba twice in one day, Queensland Health officials confirmed.
Queensland has reported no new local coronavirus cases overnight after a woman visited several locations around the Sunshine Coast while infected.
One new case was reported in a returned overseas traveller and 12,876 tests were conducted over the past 24 hours.
Health authorities were bracing for more local infections after it was confirmed a fully vaccinated woman was infectious in the community between July 15 and 17.
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Queensland has recorded zero new local coronavirus cases overnight.(Neil Howard/Getty)
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said yesterday the woman in her 20s being out and about in the community over those for three days had potentially put thousands of people at risk.
Queensland closes its border to parts of regional NSW
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People living in three more areas of NSW will be shut out of Queensland as the state’s COVID crisis continues to escalate.
It comes as Victorian authorities have not interviewed a woman in her 20s who allegedly breached public health directives and sparked a new Delta scare in Queensland.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young and Acting Premier Steven Miles.
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From 1am on Thursday, anyone who has been to the council areas of Orange, Blayney and Cabonne will not be allowed to enter Queensland, unless they are a returning Queensland resident, except for a limited range of people who can enter for an essential purpose.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
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NSW recorded 78 new locally acquired cases of Covid-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday, with Premier Gladys Berejiklian saying 21 were infectious while in the community and eight were in isolation for part of their infectious period.
The isolation status of 12 cases remains under investigation.
Some 63,000 tests were done in the past day and they picked up cases in people who were not symptomatic, something the premier said was good news.
However, NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys said officers yesterday busted an office party after stumbling across a gathering while patrolling George Street in Sydney CBD.
Areas of concern are within the Sunshine Coast.
The woman had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer jab, he said.
There are now 36 active cases in Queensland.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young says a woman in her 20s was out and about in the community while infectious for three days, putting potentially thousands of people at risk.
The woman is from Mareeba but had been in Victoria studying when she caught COVID-19. She came home for the holiday break, Dr Young said.
Areas in Queensland s Sunshine Coast are now on high alert after a positive COVID-19 case visited multiple sites.(Getty)