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Queensland has one new case of COVID-19, but it is likely historical and not connected to the case of a doctor at Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital who tested positive, the state's health authorities say.
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Brisbane COVID-19 case infected despite no breaches in protocol as doctor waits to see if she has highly transmissible UK strain
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The Princess Alexandra Hospital went into lockdown on Friday night.
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Queensland health authorities are investigating how a Brisbane doctor caught COVID-19 within a hospital as they wait to find out if she has the highly infectious UK strain.
Key points:
The doctor tested positive on Friday after waking up with a sore throat
Hospitals and other facilities in Greater Brisbane went into a 72-hour lockdown on Saturday
Genomic testing is being carried out to determine if the doctor, from the Princess Alexandra Hospital at Woolloongabba on Brisbane s southside, caught the UK strain from two COVID-19 patients she assessed on Wednesday.