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A USC Medical Laboratory Science graduate has been promoted from technician to scientist at Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) within months of gaining both her associate degree and a Bachelor of Biomedical Science.
“I’ve just received an offer to join the GCUH haematology/transfusion department as a scientist,” said a delighted Chelsea Gillett, 24, formerly of Buderim.
Chelsea, who attended her USC Sunshine Coast graduation ceremony for both degrees in April, has been working at the hospital since January, when she was selected for one of 12 positions with the Pathology Queensland graduate program.
Three other positions in the statewide Pathology Queensland program for 2021 went to graduates of the two-year USC Associate Degree in Medical Laboratory Science, designed to fast-track students into careers as technicians.
A third case was diagnosed in hotel quarantine.
There is no risk at all to the public from the two new cases, Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said. When they went into home quarantine they tested negative. They have now tested positive, Dr Young said. We have gone and done some further work and they had no public exposure sites.
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‘Excellent news’: Queensland records just two new cases on Sunday
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Authorities remain confident Queensland’s COVID-19 clusters are “under control”, as the state recorded two new cases on Sunday, one of them from community transmission.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the locally acquired case was linked to the Portuguese restaurant cluster, while the second was in hotel quarantine.
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has urged anyone with symptoms to get tested.
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“This is excellent news,” she said. “We are dealing with this Alpha strain, not the Delta strain, and it appears that everything is under control at this point in time.”
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Portuguese restaurant cluster grows with new case
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Early on Sunday, authorities were confident Queensland’s COVID-19 clusters were “under control”, but later, another person tested positive, taking the day’s tally to three cases – two locally acquired.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said of the first two cases that one was linked to the Portuguese restaurant cluster while the other was in hotel quarantine.
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has urged anyone with symptoms to get tested.
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“This is excellent news,” she said. “We are dealing with this Alpha strain, not the Delta strain, and it appears that everything is under control at this point in time.”