Health authorities in Victoria, NSW and Queensland are scrambling to track down hundreds of people who may have been exposed to the virus during their interstate trip.
Australian authorities scramble to prevent a fresh Covid outbreak in two states after a Covid-positive woman travelled to Queensland from locked-down Melbourne.
A coronavirus-infected woman who fled locked-down Melbourne with her husband and went on a 1,900km road trip may have crossed the NSW-Queensland border at a remote town to avoid detection.
Health authorities in Victoria, NSW and Queensland are scrambling to track down hundreds of people who may have been exposed to the virus during their interstate trip.
The woman, 44, tested positive on Wednesday but may have been infectious from the day she left Melbourne on June 1, which was already in lockdown.
Police believe the couple crossed the NSW-Queensland border at the remote rural town of Goondiwindi on June 5 in a bid to evade authorities.
Exposure sites from the Queensland coronavirus case.(Google) I think there s a lot of anger and disappointment really that people would do this. People s lives are at stake and also people s livelihoods with shutdowns. A lot of disappointment and anger, Dr Willett said.
The 44-year-old woman returned a positive test yesterday the same day Melburnians were given the all-clear to exit a two-week lockdown, sparking more than 20 health alerts across regional NSW and south-east Queensland.
Infectious diseases expert Paul Griffin told Today that Queensland health authorities were working hard to determine whether the infected woman has the highly contagious Delta strain, first detected in India.
People in NSW and Queensland are being urged to get tested after a woman travelled to the sunshine state from Victoria and later tested positive for COVID-19, Melburnians are set to come out of lockdown tonight and the Blues are celebrating after last night’s State of Origin win.