Published May 1, 2021
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Queensland Health has officially listed two Brisbane International Airport locations as COVID-19 exposure sites, after an international traveller accidentally entered the ‘green zone’ area upon arriving from Papua New Guinea. The man later tested positive to COVID-19.
The health authority has advised that people need to isolate and get tested if they had visited:
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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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There were four new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Queensland overnight, all of which came from overseas and were in hotel quarantine.
Queensland COVID-19 snapshot:
Deaths: 6
Active cases: 75
The four new cases came from Papua New Guinea, Lebanon and India.
Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the apparent lack of community transmission showed the Greater Brisbane snap lockdown had worked.
“It underlines how it is better to have to lockdown for three days than for three months, he said.
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