Health authorities in Victoria, NSW and Queensland are scrambling to track down hundreds of people who may have been exposed to the virus during their interstate trip.
Kim Fetherstone, who owns the Vandenberg Hotel in Forbes, lost out on at least $7,000 worth of business on State of Origin night after closing due to Covid exposure.
More than a dozen venues are on alert with residents urged to get tested immmediately.(9News)
The woman drove with her partner from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, breaching the state s strict quarantine protocol and sparking a multi-state contact tracing effort.
Queensland health this morning confirmed the woman s husband has also tested positive to COVID-19.
The two individuals are at the end of their infectious period, easing some concerns of widespread infection.
Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed must immediately get tested and isolate until they receive further information from NSW Health.
Dubbo: Shell Petrol Station, Corner of Victoria and Whylandra Street, 2 June between 10.30am and 11.30am
Locals in northern NSW were left waiting for hours in bitterly cold conditions on Thursday as COVID-19 testing queues blew out and nurses were stretched to their limit after a couple that that tested positive for coronavirus travelled through the state on their way to Queensland while potentially infectious.
Eight more venues across regional New South Wales have been put on alert after a coronavirus infected couple road tripped across the state before moving to Queensland.