Queenslanders are facing an anxious wait today after a woman infected with COVID-19 in Sydney toured the State s southeast.
The new case is connected to Sydney s Northern Beaches cluster which now includes 28 positive cases of COVID-19, with more infections to be announced today.
The woman arrived at the Brisbane Airport on Wednesday before being picked up by a hire car at Boondall.
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People are seen lining up at a COVID-19 pop-up testing location at Avalon Recreation Centre on December 18, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. (Getty)
The case then headed to lunch at the Glen Hotel in Eight Mile Plains before travelling to the Sunshine Coast.
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Almost 4000 Queenslanders came forward for a COVID-19 test during the past 24-hour period and there were no positive results, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed.
It came after COVID alerts were issued on Friday for venues across the state s south-east, after a Sydney woman in her 50s picked up the virus in the city s Northern Beaches and visited Queensland.
However, the news in New South Wales is not so good, with another 23 COVID-19 cases from testing in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday and the state s total stands at 30.
Queensland declares Sydney s Northern Beaches a coronavirus hotspot after positive case travels to Sunshine Coast
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A woman who has tested positive for coronavirus had travelled to Queensland s Sunshine Coast from Sydney s Northern Beaches while infectious.
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The woman is linked to the coronavirus cluster at Sydney s Northern Beaches
Anyone onboard Virgin flight VA925 from Sydney to Brisbane on December 16 is urged to get tested
Queensland has declared Sydney s Northern Beaches a hotspot, with a 14-day hotel quarantine mandatory from Saturday
“If we get on top of this in the next two or three days, all of us will be able to have a much better Christmas, but if we don’t get on top of it in the next few days, it could mean further restrictions down the track,” Ms Berejiklian said.
Residents of the northern beaches have been advised to work from home and limit their movements for a three-day period from Thursday evening, as contact tracers raced to determine the spread of the outbreak.
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said the advice meant people in the area should stay home, adding she was “open to all options” to control the spread, with recommendations for further restrictions not ruled out.