The government said it thought it had contacted all the people by Saturday, but realised about 50 people had left incorrect details such as phone numbers.
The Sunshine State could slam its border shut to greater Melbourne beyond the current two weeks if there are cases of unlinked community transmission, as authorities race to track down 1500 people now in Queensland who passed through Tullamarine Airport. Queensland s border was closed to 36 areas in Victoria at 1am on Saturday, meaning any Queenslanders who return home over the next 14 days will need to undergo hotel quarantine. Queensland has recorded no new community COVID-19 cases on Saturday. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has revealed the state recorded two new cases of COVID-19, both overseas acquired and detected in hotel quarantine. In the past 24 hours 7597 tests have been undertaken.
Queensland closes its border to anyone who has been in Greater Melbourne as authorities contact trace 1,500 people in Queensland who travelled through an "exposure site" at the Melbourne airport.
Lockdown âprobablyâ would be avoided under Qld quarantine proposal: Miles
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The acting Premier of Queensland claims the Victorian lockdown âprobablyâ would not have happened if there was a dedicated national quarantine system.
Queensland will close its borders to greater Melbourne from 1am on Saturday after Victoria announced a âhammer-styleâ five-day lockdown to deal with the growing cluster of coronavirus cases linked to the Holiday Inn.
Acting Premier Steven Miles, who is also Queenslandâs acting Health Minister, said he was not surprised the virus had breached quarantine in Melbourne, as it had done recently in Brisbane and Perth.