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A 17-year-old female student at Indooroopilly State High School in Brisbane s inner west has tested positive for COVID-19.
Queensland Health Minister Yvette D Ath said the case is being treated in hospital as a precaution.
Health authorities believe the student was infectious in the community for three days, since 27 July.
READ MORE There is very little more information at this stage. We have yet to receive genomic sequencing on which variant the case has or whether it is linked to other outbreaks.
Ms D Ath said the student s family of five people, in the Brisbane suburb of Taringa, are being tested and contact tracers are working quickly to identify any further transmission.
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Brisbane high school student tests positive to COVID-19
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