14 show workers busted in Mackay after visiting Victoria, told to leave
More than a dozen travelling show workers who have been in COVID-ravaged Victoria have been ordered to leave Queensland immediately after they were busted in Mackay.
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Fourteen travelling show workers who visited COVID -ravaged Victoria have been busted in Mackay, Health Minister Steven Miles has revealed.
Mr Miles said the ‘show support staff’ had been immediately ordered to leave Queensland and police were involved.
He said all 14 had tested negative for COVID-19.
“The police ... quarantined them while they were tested and now they’ve asked them to return to outside of Queensland,” he said.
“The police will investigate and that’s a matter for police to look into.
“But I think what this underlines is that our systems are very effective at identifying where people have travelled inappropriately.”
Mr Miles said the show workers may have been granted essential worker permits had they worked with Queensland Health authorities.
He said the show would go ahead but without the rides.
Mr Miles revealed the COVID scare while on the Gold Coast where he announced that a re-elected Palaszczuk Government would build a new $105 million, 40-bed secure mental health unit at Gold Coast University Hospital.
