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July 12, 2021
Dozens of Qantas passengers onboard a Launceston to Melbourne flight earlier this month are being urged to get tested and self-isolate after a vaccinated health care worker tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after his connecting flight to the UK.
In total, 61 passengers on Qantas flight QF1542 to Melbourne from Tasmania on 2 July are affected, after the man initially tested negative for COVID prior to boarding the flight.
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The man spent around four hours in Melbourne before boarding his connecting flight to the UK via Singapore, flight SQ228. More than 72 hours after leaving Melbourne, the man returned a positive COVID-19 test.
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Mr Hunt said the government had received a communique from former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd about his meeting with Pfizer. I had a little chuckle when I saw the story, he said. We received a letter from the individual in question, I think, not long ago and we said to ourselves, well, no doubt that will be released when our current negotiations are announced publicly . That is exactly what happened.
Mr Hunt said he welcomed Mr Rudd s input into the vaccine rollout, but said it had not had any impact. We just got exactly the best outcome that we were seeking on exactly the terms and on exactly the time frame, he said.
Two members of a Melbourne family have tested positive after returning from NSW on red zone permits.
The state s Covid Commander Jeroen Weimar said three of the family of four from the City of Hume arrived on July 4 by air and the other returned by car on July 8.
They all initially tested negative but two became symptomatic and were tested on Sunday, with the results coming back positive on Monday.
Contact tracers are also on high alert after at least one member of a three-man removalist crew who travelled through Victoria and SA from NSW tested positive to the virus.