Queensland records one new local Covid-19 case linked to school

The new case is linked to a South Brisbane high school, and comes ahead of a weekend blitz to vaccinate more Queenslanders.

Queensland has recorded one new locally acquired Covid-19 case, linked to the Sir Thomas More College cluster.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the student was in home quarantine and had not been infectious in the community.

The school cluster originated last week when a 13-year-old student tested positive, after a NSW essential worker stayed with her father.

The virus spread throughout the family of five, and the school was immediately locked down.

The new case comes amid a Queensland Health blitz this weekend to vaccinate as many people as possible.

Pfizer vaccines will be available to all Queenslanders who walk into a state-hub this weekend, in a bid to drive up the lagging rate.

People queue up to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at the newly opened community vaccination hub at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Boondall. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Just 57.6 per cent of eligible Queenslanders have received their first dose of vaccine, and just 39.4 per cent are fully vaccinated.

“It doesn’t matter where you get the vaccine from, as long as you get it,” Ms Palaszczuk told Parliament.

“I summon Queenslanders to sign up for the jab army.”

And, after the success of a pop-up vaccine hub outside an NRL game last week, punters attending both semi-finals games in Mackay this weekend will have the chance to get jabbed.

Originally published as Queensland records one new local Covid-19 case linked to school