Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Sunshine Coast man, 12-year-old son test positive to Covid-19

A cafe, pharmacy and organic marketplace have been added to the list of exposure sites for the Sunshine Coast after a man and his son tested positive to Covid-19.

UPDATE: A cafe, pharmacy and organic marketplace have been added to the list of exposure sites for the Sunshine Coast after a man and his son tested positive to Covid-19.

A 12-year-old boy and his father tested positive after the son travelled with his mother to the United States for three months before returning to Sydney on June 21.

The father works at Rowland Financial Advisory Service in Cotton Tree on the Sunshine Coast and went to work while infectious on Wednesday.

Queensland Health added six new close contact exposure sites at 7.30pm on Thursday, with businesses around Cotton Tree, Maroochydore and Forest Glen impacted.

People are urged to get tested and isolate if they have visited the below locations during the time frames.

– Monday, July 12 – Cafe 37, Ground Floor, 37 The Esplanade Cotton Tree, 1pm-1.05pm

– Monday, July 12 – Maroochy Day and Night Pharmacy, 107-109 Aerodrome Rd Maroochydore, 6.07pm 6.11pm

– Monday, July 12 – Chemist Warehouse, 64-70 Aerodrome Rd Maroochydore, 6.13pm 6.20pm

– Monday, July 12 – Kunara Organic Marketplace (Fruit and Vegetables section), 330 Mons Rd Forest Glen, 6.34pm 6.38pm

– Wednesday, July 14 – Cafe 37, Ground Floor, 37 The Esplanade Cotton Tree, 9.30am 9.40am

– Wednesday, July 14 – 2021 Cafe 37, ground Floor, 37 The Esplanade Cotton Tree, 12.50pm 1.05pm

EARLIER: The Sunshine Coast is on high alert for a potential Covid-19 outbreak after a man who works in Cotton Tree tested positive to the virus.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Queensland had recorded five new cases in the past 24 hours, including three that were locally acquired.

Two were acquired overseas and detected in hotel quarantine.

Of the three new local cases, a 12-year-old boy and his father tested positive after the son travelled with his mother to the United States for three months before returning to Sydney on June 21.

A fully vaccinated airport worker has also tested positive.

“We are a little bit concerned about that,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

Chief health officer Jeannette Young said the boy and his mother spent two weeks in hotel quarantine in Sydney before returning to Brisbane on July 9.

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The boy, who lives at Newport, felt unwell after arriving back and went to get tested on Tuesday, July 13, with his result coming back positive on Wednesday.

His mother has tested negative at this stage, but the father has tested positive.

The father works at Rowland Financial Advisory Service in Cotton Tree on the Sunshine Coast and went to work while infectious on Wednesday.

The Daily has contacted Rowland Financial Advisory Service for comment.

The man did not travel to the US but went to the airport to pick up the boy and his mother.

“At this stage, we don’t believe that either the child, their mother or the father had been to any other exposure venues but of course we’re going through and talking to all three at the moment to see where else they might have been,” Dr Young said.

A full list of new exposure sites will be updated later today.

Dr Young said she believes the boy acquired the virus while quarantining in Sydney.

“I need to now get all the information from New South Wales about all of his test results,” she said.

“There are multiple ways he might have acquired it, we have to go through genome sequencing.”

Deputy Premier Steven Miles said it appeared the virus had “escaped Sydney or hotel quarantine”.

Dr Young said she suspects the third local case – a fully vaccinated female airport worker – had contracted the virus at the airport as a part of a new cluster.

“We potentially have two new outbreaks,” she said.

Restrictions will remain in place in southeast Queensland for another week as a result of the new local cases, including mask wearing.

People in the local government areas of Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Logan City, Redlands, Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Somerset, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and the Gold Coast must continue to wear masks whenever they leave home.

Gatherings in private residences remain limited to 30 people, and businesses and venues are limited to one person per 4sq m indoors and one person per 2sq m outdoors.

Visitor restrictions will remain in place for hospitals, aged care and disability centres.

Ms Palaszczuk acknowledged the news would be tough for Queenslanders.

“I’m asking Queenslanders for their patience and understanding, because we’ve got to get this right,” she said.

“If anyone has any symptoms out there, please, that’s what’s going to keep our community safe, if you go and get tested.”

There are now 50 active Covid cases in Queensland, after more than 12,000 tests on Wednesday.