COVID-19 UPDATE: Three new local cases

There have been five new cases in Queensland in the past 24 hours, two are in hotel quarantine and three are the result of community transmission.

The three include a 12-year-old boy who had been in hotel quarantine in Sydney and travelled with a parent to Brisbane on flight QF544 and has since tested positive. His father has also tested positive. The boy and his mother returned to Brisbane on July 9 and live at Newport.

The pair had been in the US for three months before returning to Sydney. The boy became unwell and saw a doctor at Aspley, went to a pharmacy next door and was tested at Kippa-Ring. His mother has so far tested negative, but his father (who did not travel to the US) has since tested positive. He was infectious while at work on the Sunshine Coast yesterday.

Queensland Health is working with the family to identify potential exposure sites.

The third case is a fully vaccinated Brisbane International Airport worker who lives at Tarragindi. The case is a woman in her 40s who worked at the airport while unknowingly infectious and became unwell on July 13. Queensland Health is working with her to identify potential exposure sites.

As a result, the planned easing of restrictions including no longer needing to wear masks has been abandoned. Residents from 11 local government areas including the Moreton Bay Region will need to continue wearing masks for the next week (until 6am, July 23). 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the steps are needed to avoid a lockdown and to give contact tracers time to do their work.

"I know people are going to be disappointed by that but what we don't want to see is these outbreaks that are happening across the country," she says.

"We have to get on top of these things quickly."

Ms Palaszczuk says, as a result of the worsening situation in Victoria, she is urging Queenslanders not to go there and for those already there to consider coming home. Queenslanders are also being urged not to go to New South Wales.

The new cases take Queensland's total to 50 active cases. There have been more than 12,000 tests in the past 24 hours and more than 14,000 people have been vaccinated. 

Ms Palaszczuk is urging anyone with symptoms to get tested, saying it is the best way we can protect the community.

"We are seeing the spot fires happening across the nation and we need to get this under control," she says.

New exposure sites will be added later today.

Mystery cases

Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young says genome sequencing on all three cases should be completed today and will hopefully shed light on how they became infected. She does not believe they are linked to existing cases in South East Queensland. This means there is one, possibly two new outbreaks.

She is urging anyone over 60 who has not already been vaccinated to contact their GP or vaccination clinic to receive their vaccine.  

Dr Young says she is particularly concerned about the Brisbane International Airport worker who worked for three days and did not know she was infectious. Contact tracers will now work to identify who she came into contact with.

"Any of those people could have, of course, gone home anywhere in South East Queensland, so we just need to maintain those restrictions for another seven days. I know they're difficult. I'm sure everyone is sick and tired of wearing masks - they're uncomfortable - but they are extremely important," she says.

Dr Young says she is closely watching the situation in New South Wales and Victoria. There will be no changes to the border at this time, but she is urging people not to go there in a case there is a need to close the border.

Deputy Premier Steven Miles says he understands today's news is disappointing for people, including those in the hospitality industry, who were counting on restrictions easing tomorrow.

"An extra week of masks is better than a lockdown and that's what we're trying to avoid," Mr Miles says.

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says it is important people continue to social distancing, hand hygiene, wearing of masks, staying at home when unwell and getting tested.

"We need people to take any symptoms whatsoever seriously and get tested at any one of our clinics, public or private across Queensland," she says.

Ms DÁth is also urging Queenslanders who have travelled interstate to check the Queensland Health exposure sites website at least once a day to ensure they have not visited an exposure site in another state.

"If we all do this, we can keep our community safe," she says.

Possible exposure sites

Close contacts

If you have been to this location in Queensland at the relevant times you must do the following:

1. immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and quarantine
2. get tested at your earliest opportunity
3. complete the online contact tracing form by clicking or tapping on the name for the relevant location in the table below. A pop up window will appear with specific advice for that location and a link to the form.
   If you are unable to complete the contact tracing form please call 134 COVID (134 268).
4. continue to quarantine even after receiving a negative result. After you complete the contact tracing form you will be contacted by Queensland Health.

If you are no longer in Queensland please check with the relevant state health department for health advice and requirements.

This table last updated 14 Jul 2021 10:05am.

Date	Place	Suburb	Arrival time	Departure time
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Mens Toilet (ground floor past lolly shop and hairdresser) Westfield North Lakes	North Lakes	10.30am	10.45am
Wednesday 30 June 2021	EB Games Westfield North Lakes	North Lakes	10.33am	10.48am
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Best and Less Westfield North Lakes	North Lakes	10.40am	10.45am
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Health Shop Westfield North Lakes	North Lakes	10.45am	11am
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Coles Westfield North Lakes	North Lakes	10.50am	11.27am
Wednesday 30 June 2021	EB Games Westfield North Lakes	North Lakes	11.17am	11.32am
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Target Buranda Buranda Village, 264 Ipswich Road	Woolloongabba	2.40pm	3.20pm
Wednesday 30 June 2021	National Australia Bank [NAB] Westfield Garden City, Logan Rd	Upper Mount Gravatt	3.05pm	3.20pm
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Bunnings Underwood Compton Road &, Ewing Rd	Underwood	6.55pm	7.25pm
Thursday 1 July 2021	Blended Health Bar Shop 4/18 Hastings St	Noosa Heads	10.47am	10.57am
Thursday 1 July 2021	Bunnings Underwood Compton Road &, Ewing Rd	Underwood	11.35am	11.55am
Thursday 1 July 2021	Eumundi Village Pharmacy 1/2-6 Etheridge St	Eumundi	5.13pm	5.16pm
Friday 2 July 2021	St Lucia Golf Links (Pro shop) Carawa Street	St Lucia	7.55am	8.20am
Friday 2 July 2021	Humdrum Espresso 100 Memorial Dr	Eumundi	9.14am	9.21am
Friday 2 July 2021	K-Mart Level 1, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, 322 Moggill Rd	Indooroopilly	2.25pm	2.55pm
Friday 2 July 2021	JB Hi-Fi Level 1, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, 322 Moggill Rd	Indooroopilly	2.45pm	3.15pm
Friday 2 July 2021	Woolworths Level 1, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, 322 Moggill Rd	Indooroopilly	3pm	3.30pm

Casual contacts

If you have been to any of the below locations at the relevant times you must do the following:

1. immediately travel by private transport directly to your home or accommodation and quarantine
2. get tested at your earliest opportunity
3. continue to quarantine until you receive a negative result
4. enter your details into the contact tracing form by clicking or tapping on the name for the relevant location in the table below. You will not be contacted by Queensland Health unless additional information about the exposure changes the risk level
5. continue to monitor for symptoms, if you become symptomatic get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result.

If you are no longer in Queensland please check with the relevant state health department for health advice and requirements.

This table last updated 14 Jul 2021 3:51pm.

Date	Place	Suburb	Arrival time	Departure time
Monday 28 June 2021	Sunshine Beach Newsagency and General Store 44 Duke St	Sunshine Beach	6.45pm	6.50pm
Tuesday 29 June 2021	Kenilworth Country Bakery (donuts) 8 Elizabeth St	Kenilworth	10.10am	10.45am
Tuesday 29 June 2021	BWS, Noosa Fair Shopping Centre Shop 11, Noosa Fair Shopping Centre, Lanyana Way	Noosa Heads	1.30pm	1.35pm
Tuesday 29 June 2021	K Hub Junction Plaza (Toys and sports) Plaza Junction Shopping Centre Cnr Noosa Drive & Sunshine Beach Road	Noosa Heads	1.35pm	1.40pm
Tuesday 29 June 2021	Big W Noosa Civic (Toys, Sports and self check out) 28 Eenie Creek Rd	Noosaville	1.50pm	2.05pm
Wednesday 30 June 2021	The Prince Charles Hospital Female Staff Toilet in the Medical Imaging Department 627 Rode Road	Chermside	9am	3pm
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Joey’s Restaurant 29 River Terrace	Kangaroo Point	11.40am	12.15pm
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Origin Kebabs Buranda Buranda Village, 264 Ipswich Road	Woolloongabba	3pm	3.20pm
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Night Owl 188 Main Street	Kangaroo Point	8.15pm	8.45pm
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Eumundi Village Pharmacy 1/2-6 Etheridge St	Eumundi	9.33am	9.42am
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Humdrum Espresso 100 Memorial Dr	Eumundi	9.45am	10am
Thursday 1 July 2021	Harvey Norman (electrical appliance section and cashier in that section) 7/9 Gibson Rd	Noosaville	10.25am	10.40am
Thursday 1 July 2021	Guzman Y Gomez South Bank 179 Grey Street	South Brisbane	12pm	1pm
Thursday 1 July 2021	Night Owl 188 Main Street	Kangaroo Point	1pm	2pm
Thursday 1 July 2021	Sala Thai 102 Memorial Drive	Eumundi	6.55pm	7.30pm
Friday 9 July 2021	Kmart - Riverlink Shop M3, Riverlink Shopping Centre, Cnr Downs St and The Terrace	North Ipswich	12.24pm	12.40pm
Friday 9 July 2021	Vodaphone – Riverlink Shop 31, Riverlink Shopping Centre, Cnr Downs St and The Terrace	North Ipswich	12.48pm	12.55pm
Friday 9 July 2021	Telstra – Riverlink Shop 32, Riverlink Shopping Centre, Cnr Downs St and The Terrace	North Ipswich	12.53pm	1pm
Friday 9 July 2021	JB Hi-Fi – Riverlink Shop MM3, Riverlink Shopping Centre, Cnr Downs St and The Terrace	North Ipswich	1pm	1.10pm
Friday 9 July 2021	Club Services Ipswich (CSI) 5 Lowry St	North Ipswich	1.15pm	2.15pm
Friday 9 July 2021	Chac’s Grill 37 Corsair Ave	Inala	7.05pm	8pm
Friday 9 July 2021	Brisbane Airport International Terminal, Level 3 Departures, toilets in hallway near Newsagency Airport Drive	Brisbane Airport	9.45pm	10.15pm

Low risk contacts

If you have been to any of the below locations at the relevant times you must do the following:

1. get tested but you do not need to isolate unless you have symptoms
2. if you are experiencing symptoms, quarantine at home until you receive a negative result
3. continue to monitor for symptoms, if you become symptomatic get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result.

If you are no longer in Queensland please check with the relevant state health department for health advice and requirements.

This table last updated 14 Jul 2021 3:51pm.

All suburbsBrisbane AirportChermsideIndooroopillyNorth IpswichNorth LakesSt Lucia

Date	Place	Suburb	Arrival time	Departure time
Wednesday 30 June 2021	The Prince Charles Hospital (Main Entrance and main corridor to Medical Imaging Department) 627 Rode Road	Chermside	8.13am	8.30am
Wednesday 30 June 2021	The Prince Charles Hospital Medical Imaging Department 627 Rode Road	Chermside	8.30am	2.30pm
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Westfield North Lakes N Lakes Dr	North Lakes	10.24am	11.30am
Wednesday 30 June 2021	Taco Bell – Drive through Crn Flinders Pde and Diamond Jubilee Way	North Lakes	11.45am	12.45pm
Wednesday 30 June 2021	The Prince Charles Hospital (Main Corridor from Medical Imaging Department to TPCH Main Entrance 627 Rode Road	Chermside	2.30pm	3pm
Friday 2 July 2021	St Lucia Golf Links Carawa Street	St Lucia	8am	10am
Friday 2 July 2021	Indooroopilly Shopping Centre 322 Moggill Rd	Indooroopilly	2.25pm	3.30pm
Friday 9 July 2021	Riverlink Riverlink Shopping Centre, Cnr Downs St and The Terrace	North Ipswich	12.16pm	1.10pm
Friday 9 July 2021	Riverlink (outside Healthyworld Pharmacy and Nextra) Riverlink Shopping Centre, Cnr Downs St and The Terrace	North Ipswich	2.30pm	2.35pm
Friday 9 July 2021	Brisbane Airport International Terminal, Level 4 Check in Airport Drive	Brisbane Airport	8.30pm	9.35pm
Friday 9 July 2021	Brisbane Airport International Terminal, Level 3 Departures Airport Drive	Brisbane Airport	9.35pm	11.30pm

Everyone in the community should monitor for symptoms during the pandemic. If symptomatic, please get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result.