Brisbane coronavirus: Police say Acacia Ridge case from large home
Police say one of the two teenage girls at the centre of the latest coronavirus firestorm came from a large home, as a southside school says two students are close contacts of her.
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One of the two teenage women at the centre of a COVID firestorm after allegedly falsifying their border declaration to enter Queensland before testing positive to coronavirus comes from a large household, police say.
It was revealed earlier today two 19-year-old girls who had travelled home to Brisbane from Melbourne via Sydney had tested positive to coronavirus, eight days after they returned from their trip.
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One works as a cleaner at Parklands Christian College at Park Ridge, while the other lives at Acacia Ridge.
A third case, believed to be linked to Chatswood Hills State School in Springwood, has just been confirmed.
Now, there are growing fears the Acacia Ridge teenager may come from a large household with the potential to spread the virus far and wide.
A police source familiar with the situation told the Courier Mail there were at least two others, understood to be the girl’s mother and father, who live full-time in the family home, while there may have been up to six members of the family unit who may have been in the home at certain points.
It comes as an Acacia Ridge primary school confirmed two of its students had been tested for the virus.
Principal of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School Damien Gambley said in an email to school parents that both returned negative results but have now entered a period of self-isolation “purely as a precaution”.
“Fortunately, neither student has shown any signs or symptoms of illness while at school,” he said.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and we thank them for their co-operation in managing this risk to our school.
“At the same time, we have been liaising with our peak authority QCEC and state authorities (including the Department of Education and Queensland Health) to assess the risk to our school.
“Their advice is that the risk remains low as there is little likelihood of transmission within our school and there is no need for other students or staff to be isolated at this time.
“However, we will continue to actively monitor the situation under the direction of Queensland Health.”