Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces historic COVID case linked to Byron Bay cluster
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has revealed that Queensland health authorities have uncovered a historic case of COVID-19 linked to the Byron Bay cluster.
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Queensland has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, however Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says a historic case linked to the Byron Bay cluster has been uncovered.
Ms Palaszczuk in a tweet said that the case was not a risk to the community and was under investigation.
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said officials were confident there was no risk to the community from the individual, which meant there would be no contact tracing.
“This case is linked to the second Brisbane cluster that originated from a Princess Alexandra Hospital nurse, taking the total number of cases linked to that cluster to 13,” she said.
“As this person had attended the party where COVID-19 spread to a number of people, they were placed into self-isolation at home and a testing routine commenced.
“I am very grateful to this person for following the advice and doing all the right things to protect the community.
“The case is still under investigation, particularly why they had returned four negative PCR tests while in self-isolation, but then a positive serology test.
“It may have been a very low viral load, but we need to look into it further to be sure.”
Queensland recorded no new active COVID cases in the community in the 24 hours to this morning.
More than 1300 people were put on high alert in late March after two confirmed COVID cases visited a pub in Byron Bay for a bachelorette party.
Those cases were a nurse from Princess Alexandra Hospital and her sister who travelled to Byron Bay for a hens party on the weekend of March 27.
The cluster grew when a Queensland tradie who provided entertainment at the hens party also tested positive for COVID.
The cluster was one of two Princess Alexandra Hospital-linked outbreaks that sent Brisbane into a snap, three-day lockdown earlier this month.
It has been nine days since Queensland’s last recorded case of community transmission. There are currently 57 active cases across the state.
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