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Brisbane COVID-19 case infected despite no breaches in protocol as doctor waits to see if she has highly transmissible UK strain
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The Princess Alexandra Hospital went into lockdown on Friday night.
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Queensland health authorities are investigating how a Brisbane doctor caught COVID-19 within a hospital as they wait to find out if she has the highly infectious UK strain.
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The doctor tested positive on Friday after waking up with a sore throat
Hospitals and other facilities in Greater Brisbane went into a 72-hour lockdown on Saturday
Genomic testing is being carried out to determine if the doctor, from the Princess Alexandra Hospital at Woolloongabba on Brisbane s southside, caught the UK strain from two COVID-19 patients she assessed on Wednesday.
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Subscriber only A critical 36 hours faces southeast Queensland as authorities scramble to stop the spread of the deadly UK strain of COVID-19 through the region. There are fears the woman is infectious with the highly-contagious UK strain, but say her fast thinking has likely saved more than 3 million Greater Brisbane residents from plunging into a snap lockdown. The doctor was in contact with two COVID-19-positive patients at the PA Hospital early on Wednesday after they were brought in from hotel quarantine. She worked shifts at various locations within the hospital on Thursday before developing symptoms on Thursday evening testing positive on Friday morning - ending the state s 61-day streak of no community transmission.
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