The staff member at the Princess Alexandra Hospital had contact with COVID-19-positive patients on Wednesday and was infectious while in the community.
The Queensland Premier says contact tracing is underway after a Brisbane doctor tested positive to COVID-19, triggering a lockdown of Princess Alexandra Hospital.
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Authorities are racing to identify potential Covid-19 exposure sites after a doctor tested positive to the virus, plunging a major hospital into lockdown.
The junior medic at Brisbane s Princess Alexandra Hospital was infectious while out in the community on Thursday, though his exact movements are not yet clear.
The doctor had treated a patient with the ultra-infectious UK variant of the virus and returned a positive result on Friday.
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young will likely provide further details about the case and places he visited on Saturday.
Queensland is just hours away from enjoying a fresh easing of its remaining lockdown restrictions, but this has now been called into question.