NSW man shows no remorse over Brisbane COVID-19 scare after escaping Sydney lockdown
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The NSW man who was fined almost $10,000 after he escaped Sydney’s lockdown and crossed the border with the help of a Brisbane woman has shown no remorse for his actions.
When asked by
Brisbane Times if he felt sorry for what he had done, George Thompson responded “no” from his room at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital on Wednesday.
Traffic camera footage of the pair after they crossed the Queensland border at Tugun on July 14.
23:54 EDT, 5 July 2021
A woman has allegedly escaped hotel quarantine in Queensland by scaling balconies and breaking a door, as the state records one new local cases of Covid-19.
Health authorities realised the 22-year-old Sydney woman was missing from Cairns Pacific International hotel on Monday, Deputy Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski told reporters at a press conference on Tuesday.
She had been at the facility since July 1, and was found later that evening at her mother s house and is currently in police custody.
The Deputy Commissioner said the fairly motivated woman who allegedly scaled two balconies and kicked a door in is the first to successfully flee a quarantine facility in Queensland.
Security guards are seen at the Meriton Suites in Waterloo are seen in Sydney, on Tuesday, 6 July. Health authorities have issued a stern warning after three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases were linked to a “gathering” in the Sydney apartment building. Photo: Mick Tsikas: AAP
6 July 2021 10:00am
Premier Gladys Berejiklian says NSW has recorded 18 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday, with 11 of those in isolation during the infectious period.
Victoria noted its 6th day with no cases, with the total number of active cases in the state at 25. Over the past 24 hours the Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) reported 15,451 vaccine doses were administered, bringing the total to 1,189,708 vaccinations in the state.
Queensland records four new local COVID-19 cases, all linked to known infections
Queensland has recorded four new local COVID-19 cases.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the new cases were linked to known infections and had been confirmed as the Alpha strain of the virus. Even though the numbers might seem a little bit large, it is good news, Ms Palaszczuk said.
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Ms Palaszczuk said she did not believe the Delta variant was circulating in the community, which was excellent news . It is now two weeks since the Portugese restaurant outbreak. At this stage, it s all systems go. We are feeling pretty good at where we are at the moment and we just need everyone to keep doing the right thing.
Queensland has recorded four local cases of the Alpha strain of Covid-19 just two days after the state emerged from lockdown.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters at a press conference on Monday morning that all new cases are linked to a known cluster.
The infections include a mother who works at a Greek community centre in Brisbane and her child, along with two close contacts of a man who travelled to Eumundi on the Sunshine Coast - his partner, and a colleague.
Chief Health officer Dr Jeannette Young explained three of the four cases contracted the virus after they went to Zeus Street Greek Kitchen at Westfield Chermside, in the city s north.