Health authorities have found three new cases of coronavirus on board the gas tanker Inge Kosan which is off the Queensland coast.
The new cases on Thursday take the total number of COVID-19 cases among people on the British-flagged gas tanker to 11.
The Inge Kosan is currently anchored off Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast with state authorities containing and treating the active cases aboard the ship.
The Inge Kosan is seen anchored off the coast of the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday. Health workers will assess COVID-positive crew on board a British-flagged tanker after the ship was given permission to anchor
A funeral director says thereâs a staff shortage at a major hospital s morgue.
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Subscriber only A FUNERAL director has blown the whistle on the lack of staff at the Gold Coast University Hospital mortuary, saying they re overworked and struggling to cope with the increase in dead bodies. One family was told their deceased loved one was 12th in line at the mortuary . They are desperately waiting for his body to be released so they can organise a funeral. We ve been told that his body might not be released until next Wednesday (May 5), said a relative of the person who died this week.
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A six-year-old boy is still in intensive care fighting for his life after a horrific accident on Anzac Day.
Deklan Babington-MacDonald from Nerang on Queensland s Gold Coast suffered a severe injury while playing with a toy in his bedroom.
He was discovered by his mother Lauren Babington, who told the Gold Coast Bulletin she wanted details of the traumatic accident kept private.
Ms Babington alerted Deklan s grandparents, who rushed from their home just across the road, to perform life-saving CPR on their grandson.
Deklan Babington-MacDonald, 6, (pictured) was playing with a toy in his bedroom on Sunday April 25, when he suffered a life-threatening injury
She explained how the family were still struggling to come to terms with how the incident unfolded.
She said: It was a toy that was bought four days earlier and it ended up being really dangerous and we are really angry but haven’t got our heads around it and can’t focus on it.
She described Deklan as the much-loved baby of the family and said they want police to launch an investigation.
Deklan s Aunty Caity Macdonald broke the sad news to her friends and family on Tuesday afternoon. It is with a heavy heart that we share this news, but on Sunday my nephew Deklan was involved in a horrific accident that has left my sister and my family absolutely devastated, she wrote in a post on Facebook.