Showbags ready as Queensland gears up for the Ekka 9news.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 9news.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Queensland is on high alert after a man infectious with COVID-19 spent over a week in Brisbane after flying in from New South Wales.
Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the case was a person who had been tested for COVID-19 in New South Wales and so would be included in NSW s case numbers today.
The man had been identified as a close workplace contact of a positive Sydney case and was tested on July 12.
READ MORE:
Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles said a positive COVID-19 case was detected in a traveller from Sydney.(Nine)
NSW Health s Dr Jeremy McAnulty said that the man was initially provided with a negative test result from a private lab which turned out to be a mistake.
Queensland are on high alert after a man who tested positive to Covid crossed the border before spend a week in Brisbane while infectious.
The man, who was a close contact of a known case, boarded a flight to Ballina on July 14 before police were told about the significant breach of public health.
The Virgin Australia flight arrived from Sydney about 11.45am and every other passenger is now considered a close contact and must isolate for 14 days.
Queensland are on high alert after a man who tested positive to Covid crossed the border before spend a week in Brisbane while infectious (STOCK PICTURE)
Qantas flight attendant who crew six packed flights tested positive for Covid
Woman was aboard flights to Longreach, Gladstone and Hervey Bay July 11-12
Dr Jeannette Young confirmed the woman tested positive to the Delta variant
She visited Dreamworld theme park on July 16 between 10.30am and 2pm
The woman called in sick to work but did not get a Covid test until a week later
The Queue Jumping Dilemma
Mamamia Out Loud
The Story Of Michel & Simon
No Filter
ADVERTISEMENT
It comes down to benefit versus risk, and of course as it stands, the chances of contracting COVID-19 - let along dying from it - is very low in Australia, whereas in the UK, the risk of the very rare blood clotting side effect associated with the AZ is very small when compared with the risk of contracting COVID-19.
This rare, yet serious side effect is called thrombosis in combination with thrombocytopenia (TTC), which may occur in around 4-6 people in every million after receiving the vaccination, with the risk slightly higher in the under 60 and under 50 age ranges.