Italian restaurant upgrade to high risk after Queensland COVID scare

Queensland officials have upgraded the risk status of a restaurant after a positive COVID-19 case visited it for three hours last weekend.

Queensland health officials have upgraded a venue visited by a positive case of COVID-19 to high risk after it was revealed the man spent almost three hours at an Italian restaurant on Sunday.

Queensland’s new coronavirus case visited a dozen Brisbane venues while infectious with the highly contagious UK strain.

A new positive case was recorded on Saturday, a close contact of the man.

Queensland Health upgraded Mamma’s Italian Restaurant at 69 Redcliffe Parade, Redcliffe, given the man was there from 12.30pm to 3.10pm on Sunday.

“We have increased the directions around Mama’s Italian restaurant at Redcliffe, which now says if you have been there between those hours on (March) 21st that you should quarantine (self-isolate) for 14 days,” Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said.

“Please check the website and make sure you aware of what the directions are.”

Mamma's Italian waterfront restaurant at Redcliffe. Picture: Steve Pohlner

A 26-year-old man positive with COVID-19 visited Mamma's Italian waterfront restaurant. Picture: Steve Pohlner

The following guidelines have been issued for people who visited the restaurant at those times:

• Quarantine at home immediately for 14 days since attending those venues and call 13 HEALTH (13 432 584)
• Complete the contact tracing self-assessment if you have not already been contacted by Queensland Health in relation to this potential exposure
• Stay quarantined even if you get a negative test until 14 days have passed since you were last there. It can take 14 days before you may show symptoms or test positive.

Casual contacts should be tested immediately and quarantine until they receive a negative result. These were the man’s movements while he was infectious:

Saturday, 20 March

• Noon-2.16pm: Carindale shopping centre including Shinobi Ramen Noodle Shop, Fresh Sensations, Go Vita, Robins kitchen, Harris Scarfe and Kmart
• 2.45pm-3pm: Market Organics (store only), 190 Enoggera Road, Newmarket
• 9.20pm-9.25pm: Baskin Robbins, South Pine Rd, Everton Park

Sunday, 21 March

• 10.30am-10.46am: Genki Mart, South Pine Road Alderley
• 12.30pm- 3.10pm: Mama’s Italian, Redcliffe Parade, Redcliffe

Monday, 22 March

Worked at Paddington as a landscaper

• 12.20pm-12.25pm: Guzman y Gomez (drive through), 400 Stafford Road
• 12.40pm-12.50pm: Bunnings, Stafford Rd, Stafford

Tuesday, Wednesday, 23-24 March

• Isolated at home

Thursday, 25 March

• 8.30am-8.45am: Aldi Stafford, Stafford City Shopping Centre
• 11.15am-11.40am Tested at Nundah Respiratory Clinic, Sandgate Road in Nundah

Low-risk contacts should monitor for symptoms:

Saturday, 20 March

• Noon-2.16pm Other parts of Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre not listed above

Sunday, 21 March

• 9.50am-10.20: Gasworks Plaza, Newstead

Monday, 22 March

• 7.55pm-8pm KFC Everton Park (drive through), Griffith St, Everton Park.

Originally published as Italian restaurant upgrade to high risk after Queensland COVID scare