Virus Exposure Sites at Brisbane International Airport
Travellers who passed through Brisbane International Airport on Thursday have been warned of possible coronavirus exposure sites after a transiting passenger tested positive to COVID-19.
Queensland Health has identified the airport’s Hudson’s Coffee stand and adjacent seating area, and the male toilets adjacent to Gate 79 as areas visited by the infected passenger.
It says anyone who was at the coffee stand between 9.53 a.m. and 11.20 a.m. on April 29, or the toilets between 11.23 a.m. and 11.15 p.m. on that day, should isolate and get tested.
The passenger tested positive after he and his travel partner, who were in transit to Doha from Papua New Guinea, were mistakenly directed to the international terminal’s green zone.
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The Queensland’s COVID check-in app is now mandatory for all pubs, clubs, cafes and restaurants from Saturday as the state recorded no new COVID-19 cases.
However, a cafe and toilets at Brisbane International Airport have been identified as potential exposure sites linked to a COVID-positive passenger.
There were 28 active cases and 5692 COVID-19 tests had been completed in the past 24 hours.
On Saturday, Queensland Health identified the cafe and toilet, that one of two transiting passengers from a Papua New Guinea red flight who tested positive with COVID-19 was allowed to mingle in the green zone after a human error was made, have been identified as potential exposure sites.
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Brisbane International Airport locations listed as exposure sites
A café and toilets at the Brisbane International Airport have been identified as potential exposure sites linked to a transiting passenger who tested positive to COVID-19.
Queensland Health said people need to isolate and get tested if they had been to:
Hudson’s Coffee stand and the adjacent seating area between the coffee stand and the white barriers between 9.53am and 11.20am on Thursday, 29 April 2021 or
the male toilets adjacent to Gate 79 between 11.23am and 11.15pm on Thursday, 29 April 2021.
These areas were visited by a man who tested positive after he and his travel partner were mistakenly directed to the international terminal’s green zone after arriving from Papua New Guinea, a high-risk country. They were transiting to Doha.
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