Crime scene declared after body found near Queensland shopping centre
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A crime scene was declared after a body was found near a shopping centre in Hervey Bay, three hours north of Brisbane, on Friday.
The body was found just before 9am on Central Avenue near the Hervey Bay Stockland Shopping Centre in Urraween.
Police were investigating the circumstances around the death.
About 3pm, police said the body was a 43-year-old man reported missing from Hervey Bay.
There were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident.
Concerns after flight attendant tests positive on Brisbane Qantas flight
Health authorities have warned passengers on six Qantas flights to immediately get tested and isolate at home after a flight attendant on the plane tested positive to COVID-19.
David Wu and Dominica FunnellDigital Reporter
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July 23, 2021 - 10:30AM
Queensland has recorded one new local coronavirus as they plan to ease restrictions on Friday night.
Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young announced a QantasLink flight attendant was a crew member on six domestic flights came forward for testing after experiencing symptoms.
Her symptoms started of July 13, with health authorities declaring her infectious period would date back to July 11.
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A Queensland cabinet minister has been caught up in the state’s most recent COVID scare, after a flight attendant flew on several flights between Brisbane and regional centres while infectious.
Acting Premier Steven Miles confirmed the flight attendant - a resident of the Brisbane suburb of Banyo in her 30s - worked on six flights between Brisbane and Longreach, Gladstone and Hervey Bay on July 11 and 12.
Mr Miles said they were working urgently to contact all passengers on those flights.
“It is absolutely urgent that we get every passenger on those flights tested as soon as possible,” he said. “Queensland Health is standing up testing capacity in those locations.”
Dreamworld has been exposed to Covid-19 after an infected Qantas flight attendant visited the Gold Coast theme park for three hours.
The young woman, who tested positive to the Delta variant of Covid-19 on Thursday, was at Dreamworld between 10.30am and 2pm on July 16.
The park has been listed as a low-risk exposure site meaning anyone who attended at the same time must watch for symptoms and get tested if they emerge.
The woman also went to Koi Dining at Broadbeach on July 14, from 1.50pm to 2.50pm.
The restaurant is a close contact site, meaning anyone there at the same time must get tested and isolate until negative.
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A Qantas flight attendant has tested positive for COVID-19 in Queensland after crewing six regional flights across the state.
Health Minister Stephen Miles said the woman in her 30s, who lives in the northern suburb of Banyo, tested positive with the Delta variant on Wednesday.
He said she is believed to have been infectious from 11 July - and she was on board the six flights between Brisbane, Gladstone, Longreach and Hervey Bay whilst possibly infectious .
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The state s chief health officer Dr Jeanette Young said contact tracers are updating the list of exposure venues based on the flight attendant s movements.