Queensland recorded no new locally acquired cases of the coronavirus virus for the 14th day in a row, but two people tested positive in hotel quarantine.
The Queensland is now releasing quarantined travellers who were moved from the Hotel Grand Chancellor to The Westin after it was initially believed they would have to endure another 14-day quarantine.
The returning travellers spent their mandatory 14-day quarantine period at the Hotel Grand Chancellor and were then moved to The Westin where they were to undergo another fortnight quarantine period.
However, Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young changed her stance and allowed for returning travellers who had completed their 14 days to be released last night.
Health by Janelle Miles
Premium Content  A group of Australian doctors has written to the Queensland Government calling for indoor air safety to form a major part of an investigation into the mysterious Hotel Grand Chancellor coronavirus cluster. Melbourne-based infectious diseases physician Michelle Ananda-Rajah, one of the signatories to the letter, told the Courier-Mail airborne transmission is almost certainly behind this . Aerosols can linger suspended in poorly ventilated areas for prolonged periods - that s how these large indoor clusters are occurring, she said. Our national and state guidelines downplay the importance of aerosol (aka airborne) transmission preferring to stick to droplets and surface contamination as the explanation for disease transmission.
The man is also expected to have contracted the more contagious UK COVID-19 variant, with two sites of concern a Bunnings and bottleshop now flagged by contact tracers.