Press Release – Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health is continuing to advise passengers who flew from Brisbane to New Zealand last night to monitor their health and if symptoms develop, call Healthline and get a test, following a green zone breach at Brisbane Airport.
The risk from this event continues to be assessed as low.
Health officials in Queensland have identified Brisbane’s international terminal as a location of interest following yesterday’s green zone breach at the airport and classified anyone in the terminal between 9.45AM local time and midday yesterday (Thursday) as casual contacts and asked people to monitor their symptoms.
Brisbane International Airport.
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The man and his travel partner had been in transit on a flight from Port Moresby, a coronavirus hotspot, and were accidentally allowed into the green zone at the departures terminal on Thursday morning.
The reported breach was in the Hudson Café and the nearby male toilets. New Zealand s Ministry of Health said it had been informed CCTV footage also showed the café table was cleared and cleaned when they left.
The pair shopped for one-and-a-half hours and used public toilets before being retrieved.
They were wearing masks and were socially distancing.
Nearly 400 travellers awaiting three different flights to New Zealand were in the departures terminal at the time.