FULL LIST: Brisbane Airport, Coles, Kmart, truck stop among exposure sites for new local Covid case
Brisbane Airport has been listed as a new Covid-19 exposure site, linked to a case in hotel quarantine announced at the weekend.
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The latest addition to Queensland’s exposure sites list includes another date for Brisbane Airport.
A Queensland Health spokesman said these latest sites are linked to a person who tested positive to Covid-19 in hotel quarantine.
“The person flew from Melbourne to Brisbane on Friday and then tested positive in hotel quarantine,
“Everyone who was on that flight has been contacted by Queensland Health but these latest exposure sites are a precautionary measure by the department,” he said.
This case was announced during the press conference on Sunday morning.
It comes as the state recorded zero new community cases on Monday and acting chief health officer Peter Aitken said there would be an “evolution” in mask wearing as Queensland begins to reopen.
SEE THE FULL EXPOSURE LIST BELOW
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In response, health authorities have provided an insight into what it will be like in Queensland living with Covid as it works with businesses to develop rules around operating through outbreaks.
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The shock revelation was one of two Covid scares at opposite ends of the state, with authorities investigating if Toowoomba Hospital had been exposed to Covid-19 as a result of the recent Goondiwindi cluster, before Monday morning’s confirmation the close contact of a case who had visited the site had tested negative.
NEW EXPOSURE SITES:
Friday 5 November 2021
– Brisbane Domestic Airport, Airport Drive Brisbane Airport
2.20pm – 3.15pm Low risk contact
– Gate 36 Level 1, Brisbane Domestic Airport, Airport Drive Brisbane Airport
2.20pm – 3.05pm Casual contact
– Female toilets opposite baggage carousel number 7, Level 1, Brisbane Domestic Airport
3pm – 3.20pm Close contact
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