Three new local Queensland Covid-19 cases linked to flight attendant

Three new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Queensland, linked to the flight attendant who tested positive on the weekend.

Queensland has recorded three new locally acquired cases of Covid-19, all linked to the flight attendant who contracted the virus in hotel quarantine.

The manager of the Portuguese Family Centre at Ellen Grove confirmed to NCA NewsWire he tested positive after a woman in her 30s dined at the restaurant on Saturday night before learning she had the virus.

He tested negative on his first test after being identified as a close contact, but began developing symptoms on Wednesday. He was taken to hospital on Wednesday night where further tests revealed he was positive, he told NCA NewsWire.

The man said he had been in home isolation since Sunday, when he was contacted by health authorities. He has not been vaccinated but was “feeling better” on Thursday morning.

Chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young confirmed two further close contacts have also since tested positive, who had both been “out and about” with the woman in Brisbane on Saturday and were immediately sent into hotel quarantine that night.

A new case of Covid-19 has been linked to the Portuguese Family Centre. Picture: Richard Walker

The woman arrived in Brisbane from Portugal and quarantined for two weeks at the Four Points Hotel, where she contracted the Alpha variant from another guest staying at the hotel who had arrived from Mongolia.

Health authorities believe a fully vaccinated quarantine staff member transported the virus between the two guests.

Dr Young said on Thursday she wasn’t concerned that any of the three cases “are a risk to the Queensland community”.

“I’m not concerned with that outbreak in that we now do have everyone in quarantine that we believe was at risk,” she said.

“We have to remember, that was the Alpha variant, so far less infectious than the Delta variant we’re seeing circulating in Sydney.

“We have seen how rapidly in just one week that has taken off in Sydney. We have to be alert.”