Words by Kylie Knight
UPDATED 4.45PM: A list of exposure sites has been released after it was discovered two people who have tested positive for COVID-19 were out and about in the community.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young updated the Queensland Community this morning.
There have been three new cases, one in hotel quarantine, and two who appear to be linked to the DFO worker identified last week.
Both have been active in the community while infectious.
Exposure sites
| Date | Place | Suburb | Arrival time | Departure time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 19 June 2021 | Cotton on, DFO Brisbane (Airport) 18th Avenue | Brisbane Airport | 4.10pm | 4.30pm |
| Saturday 19 June 2021 | Brisbane Portuguese Family Centre Unit 3/1449 Boundary Road | Ellen Grove | 7pm | Close |
| Monday 21 June 2021 | Anytime Fitness Hamilton 2 Harbour Rd | Hamilton | TBA | TBA |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | McDonald's Glass House Mountains 4288 Bruce Hwy | Coochin Creek | 5.45am | 6am |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | Good Life Gym Fortitude Valley Homemaker The Valley North, Montpelier Rd &, Wickham St | Fortitude Valley | 7.30am | 9.45am |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | Miracle Worker massage & Holistic Therapies 79 Russell St | West End | 9.30am | 5pm |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | Anytime Fitness Hamilton 2 Harbour Rd | Hamilton | 4.15pm | 5.15pm |
| Tuesday 22 June 2021 | Coles Indooroopilly Shopping Centre Shopping Centre, 322 Moggill Rd | Indooroopilly | 6pm | 6.45pm |
| Wednesday 23 June 2021 | McDonald's Glass House Mountains 4288 Bruce Hwy | Coochin Creek | 6am | 6.15am |
| Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Miracle Worker massage & Holistic Therapies 79 Russell St | West End | 10am | 5pm |
| Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Anytime Fitness Hamilton 2 Harbour Rd | Hamilton | 4pm | 5.30pm |
| Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Goodlife Health Clubs West End West Village, 35 Mollison St | West End | 5.15pm | 7.15pm |
| Thursday 24 June 2021 | Ampol Petrol Station 132a East-West Arterial Rd | Hendra | 6.55am | 7.15am |
| Thursday 24 June 2021 | Zarraffas Coffee Hendra 538 Nudgee Road or, 100 East-West Arterial Rd | Hendra | 6.55am | 7.15am |
| Thursday 24 June 2021 | Hendra Post Office 355 Nudgee Rd | Hendra | 7.10am | 7.30am |
| Thursday 24 June 2021 | Miracle Worker massage & Holistic Therapies 79 Russell St | West End | 12.15pm | 5.30pm |
| Thursday 24 June 2021 | Guzman y Gomez Shop 1/18 Stamford Rd | Indooroopilly | 7.45pm | 8pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Chez Nous Cafe 160 Roma St | Brisbane City | 8.15am | 8.30am |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Market Organics 10/620 Moggill Rd | Chapel Hill | 9.10am | 9.45am |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre 322 Moggill Rd | Indooroopilly | 9.55am | 10.25am |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | JB HIFI, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre 322 Moggill Rd | Indooroopilly | 10.10am | 10.25am |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Unhas Chic Salon 8/204 Alice Street | Brisbane City | 12.30pm | 2.30pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Woolworths Metro Teneriffe 105-109 Commercial Rd | Teneriffe | 1pm | 1.15pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Merlo Coffee Level 2, Virgin Food Court, Domestic Terminal | Brisbane Airport | 1.55pm | 2.15pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Female Toilets, left of Virgin Food Court (facing food court) Level 2, near Virgin Food Court, Domestic Terminal | Brisbane Airport | 2.05pm | 2.15pm |
| Friday 25 June 2021 | Woolworths GasWorks 76 Skyring Terrace | Newstead | 2.55pm | 3.10pm |
One of the people not have any symptoms and had only been tested because they had worked at DFO.
Dr Young says it appears the person was connected to the Portuguese restaurant, which has previously been listed as an exposure site, but has not been at the venue.
She says while genomic testing is still happening, she believes it is most likely the person has the Alfa variant.
The second person is their partner and had experienced symptoms.
Monitor the Queensland Health website for updates and possible exposure sites.
This takes the total of active cases to 40 in Queensland. More than 7300 people have been tested in the past 24 hours, and 10,000 have been vaccinated.
“If you’re eligible to get vaccinated, please go and get your vaccination. It’s absolutely critical,” Ms Palaszczuk says
She is also urging those due for their second vaccination, to make sure they have it.
School holiday plans
Ms Palaszczuk is pleading with Queenslanders not to go to New South Wales until the situation eases.
“If you’re holidaying in New South Wales at the moment, you should think about returning home. What is happening in New South Wales is very concerning. We haven’t seen the likes of this before because this is the highly contagious strain,” she says.
Restrictions tighten
From tomorrow, restrictions will tighten for the period of lockdown in Sydney. Venues will return to the one person per 2qm rule and there will be a limit of 100 people at home venues.
People who have been in declared hotspot zones in greater Sydney have been urged to come forward to testing and to isolate.
“You owe it to yourself, your family and your community to do the right thing over this two-week period,” she says.
Queensland Health will continue to monitor the evolving situation in New South Wales.
Head to the website for Queensland exposure sites and the latest information.
Flight attendant, mine worker contact tracing
It comes as it was discovered a Virgin flight crew member has tested positive and worked on five flights on Friday and Saturday, while infectious.
Some of these flew into Brisbane and the Gold Coast, and it is believed Queenslanders were on board flights which flew into Sydney and Melbourne.
Contact tracing is underway and everyone deemed a close contact will have to be tested and isolate for 14 days.
It follows an unrelated case in which a Northern Territory mine worker who tested positive on Saturday after spending a night in hotel quarantine. Contact tracers are racing to find those who may have been exposed.
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