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Locals from a Far North Queensland town have vented their outrage after a Covid-infected woman flew home from a identified hot spot in Melbourne. The woman, a student aged in her 20s, boarded a flight to the Sunshine Coast from Melbourne on July 13 and then received a text message from Victoria Health two days later. She was informed she had attended a ‘Tier one’ exposure site at the Young and Jackson Pub in Melbourne s CBD on July 10. But instead of self isolating in the Sunshine State after she was tested for Covid, she chose to catch up with friends, go shopping and visited popular restaurant Rice Boi in Mooloolaba twice in one day, Queensland Health officials confirmed. ....
Queensland has reported no new local coronavirus cases overnight after a woman visited several locations around the Sunshine Coast while infected. One new case was reported in a returned overseas traveller and 12,876 tests were conducted over the past 24 hours. Health authorities were bracing for more local infections after it was confirmed a fully vaccinated woman was infectious in the community between July 15 and 17. LIVE UPDATES: Queensland has recorded zero new local coronavirus cases overnight.(Neil Howard/Getty) Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said yesterday the woman in her 20s being out and about in the community over those for three days had potentially put thousands of people at risk. ....
Areas of concern are within the Sunshine Coast. The woman had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer jab, he said. There are now 36 active cases in Queensland. Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young says a woman in her 20s was out and about in the community while infectious for three days, putting potentially thousands of people at risk. The woman is from Mareeba but had been in Victoria studying when she caught COVID-19. She came home for the holiday break, Dr Young said. Areas in Queensland s Sunshine Coast are now on high alert after a positive COVID-19 case visited multiple sites.(Getty) ....
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