Queensland hospital listed as new exposure site as state records zero new local cases
A prominent Queensland hospital has been listed as a new exposure venue as authorities say they’re sure the covid cluster is under control.
Logan Hospital has been listed as a new low risk exposure site as Queensland recorded zero new locally acquired Covid-19 cases on Friday.
Despite the new venue popping up on the contact-tracing list, authorities say they’re confident the cluster is under control into the second week of restrictions.
Anyone who visited the “front main entrance via the main corridor to antenatal clinic” of Logan Hospital between certain times on Monday June 28 is a low risk contact, Queensland Health said.
The exposure times are between 8.30am and 8.40am and again between 9.20am and 9.30am.
Anyone there during those ten minute periods must get tested and if they have symptoms isolate until receiving a negative result.
The “donut day” comes almost a week after southeast Queensland was released from a snap lockdown to prevent the Alpha variant from spreading throughout the community.
Chief health officer Jeannette Young said there were 8679 people in quarantine, and she wanted to thank them for “keeping the rest of us safe”.
“We are not totally out of it yet,” Dr Young said.
“We must keep up quarantine and testing.
“That working together as Queenslanders that we have been doing to keep all of us safe … Thank you very much.”
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said there could be further cases linked to the Alpha cluster, but authorities were confident they have eliminated all risk.
“The lockdown that we had allowed us to contact trace and to contain those contacts into quarantine, so that they are already away from the community when they were infectious,” she said.
“This is a great outcome for everyone.”
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