A new community case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Queensland, with a public health alert issued for contact tracing locations in Capalaba, in the Brisbane Bay town of Redland.
Contact tracing and investigation are ongoing, with more details to be released once available tomorrow.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said it was a reminder for Queenslanders to check official websites regularly.
“This is a timely reminder for all Queenslanders to regularly monitor the list of exposure locations on the Queensland Health website and follow public health advice, as there may be more places,” the prime minister said in a Facebook post.
The list includes a close contact site at the Sit at Siam Thai Restaurant on Old Cleveland Road, Capalaba.
A Virgin flight to Brisbane from Adelaide on Monday November 29 also sparked a new hot spot.
All passengers seated in rows 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 are considered close contacts.
More locations were added to the Gold Coast on Friday evening, including casual contacts at Woolworths in Robina and ALDI in Mudgeeraba.
As always, be sure to check the health advice in the table below (click “More” if you’re on a mobile device) to find out what to do if you’ve visited any of the sites classified as close contact, casual contact or low risk contact.
Queensland Health’s list of contact tracing sites is regularly updated as new information becomes available.
The Gold Coast case is unrelated to previous cases
Earlier, genomic testing revealed that the latest COVID-19 case detected on the Gold Coast is not linked to any recent local cases there.
Acting Chief Health Officer Peter Aitken said he believed it was transmitted by an unknown interstate “incursion”.
Two cases were detected today in home quarantine and four in hotel quarantine.
Dr Aitken said genomic sequencing of the man who tested positive on the Gold Coast on Wednesday linked the case to previous outbreaks in New South Wales today.
“We don’t know how he got it at this point,” Dr. Aitken said.
“The most likely cause is that there was an incursion somewhere from New South Wales.
“We need to make sure no one else on the Gold Coast has been exposed and may have COVID there.”
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has encouraged people on the Gold Coast to get tested and vaccinated.
“[The recent case] means someone has been on the Gold Coast and may still be there, or elsewhere in Queensland, who is positive and has not yet been identified,” she said.
She said 2,154 people had been tested for the virus in the region in the past 24 hours.
“So that reinforces the importance of everyone coming forward if you have any symptoms, no matter how mild, to get you tested and more importantly to increase those vaccination rates.”
Ms D’Ath said there would be no new border restrictions imposed on South Australia despite an outbreak there, but she said authorities were monitoring the situation “closely”.
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