Toowoomba declared a COVID hot spot by the NT because of their chief minister’s visiting in-laws
The Northern Territory declared Toowoomba a COVID hotspot because of their chief minister’s in-laws.
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Queensland’s chief health officer has confirmed that the Northern Territory effectively declared Toowoomba a hot spot because of Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s in-laws.
The state’s CHO Dr Jeanette Young, revealing Queensland had recorded eight new locally acquired coronavirus cases across two distinct clusters, said the NT was “just a bit concerned” because “they had some people who had been in Toowoomba”.
It was revealed on Monday that Mr Gunner had decided to go into self-isolation as he had spent time with his in-laws, who were visiting from Toowoomba, on the weekend.
NT’s Acting Chief Minister Nicole Manison revealed on Monday that Toowoomba would be considered a hot spot because of a supposed “major exposure” event at a pub in the regional city on Friday.
But Dr Young contradicted this, saying there had been a group of people from Toowoomba who had gone to a pub that was an exposure site in Brisbane before heading back to the regional city.
“We’ve not had any positive cases amongst that group, but they were at one of the venues of concern. So that’s why the chief health officer in the Northern Territory gave that advice to his Government,” she said.
Dr Young said her NT counterpart Dr Hugh Heggie was being, rightfully, “ultra cautious” due to the Territory’s highly vulnerable population.
“It doesn’t actually mean that I’m particularly concerned about Toowoomba, but it’s an area we’re looking at, as we are the entire state,” she said.
Originally published as Toowoomba declared a COVID hot spot by the NT because of their chief minister’s visiting in-laws
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