Coronavirus Qld: Update on the state’s case total

Queensland has recorded one new case of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours – a man in hotel quarantine after returning from overseas. It means the border bubble between NSW and Queensland will be slightly widened.

Queensland has recorded one new coronavirus case in the past 24 hours.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed the case was a male in hotel quarantine and brought the total number of active cases in Queensland to six.

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The man tested positive on his seventh day in quarantine after returning from Papua New Guinea.

The government has confirmed that the border bubble between NSW and Queensland will be slightly widened near Goondiwindi.

It will only affect a small number of people, but follows calls from the local mayor Lawrence Springborg.

It will mean a few extra post codes will be added to the border bubble.

Chief Health Office Jeannette Young said there had been very few flu cases, with only eight cases in the past week.

She said it was important that those with flu symptoms got tested for the virus.

Despite the continuing good results for Queenslanders, Ms Palaszczuk said there currently was not any plans to relax the state’s COVID rules.

She said there were discussions underway at the moment about Schoolies, as she promised to look at all options.

But she insisted that there should be no mass gatherings.

It comes as a multibillion-dollar “vaccine and treatment strategy” has been set up to end COVID-19 in Australia, as a deal is signed to ensure every Aussie will get ‘early access’ to a free vaccine – if its trials prove successful.

The deal with pharmaceuticals producer AstraZeneca will be the first of many agreements to secure vaccines and treatment.

Originally published as Coronavirus Qld: Update on the state’s case total