The Victorian couple who skipped Melbourne’s lockdown and plunged Queensland into Covid chaos could face prosecution in three states, and possible jail time.
A woman who travelled from Melbourne through NSW to Queensland's Sunshine Coast has tested positive for Covid-19, the state's Health Minister Yvette D'Ath has confirmed.
Authorities admit the discovery of a Covid case in a woman who escaped Melbourne’s lockdown with her partner to travel to the Sunshine Coast happened due to sheer luck, as police reveal the likely reason they chose their border crossing point.
A woman who tested positive to Covid-19 on the Sunshine Coast visited two of the region’s largest shopping centres, a Bunnings store and several coffee shops.
Health authorities were able to detect a Covid-infected woman thanks to sheer luck after she travelled across three states with her husband.
The 44-year-old woman fled locked-down Melbourne on June 1 and travelled with her partner through regional NSW before entering Queensland on June 5.
The woman is believed to have been visiting family in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast and was tested on Tuesday before returning a positive result on Wednesday.
She had been experiencing symptoms from June 3 but only sought a test on June 8.
The pair were only detected when the couple came forward for testing because the man needed negative results for work purposes - with health authorities admitting it was down to luck that the case was caught.