Chief Health Officer of Queensland Physician Jeannette Young speaks at Parliament Home in Brisbane, Australia on March 30,2021 (Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)
A lady with COVID-19 who left lockdown in Victoria and took a trip north through New South Wales (NSW) has actually put Queensland on alert after going to parts of the state.
The lady and her spouse left Victoria on June 1, taken a trip through NSW and crossed into Queensland at Goondiwindi on June 5.
The couple has actually given that taken a trip to numerous places, consisting of the Sunlight Coast.
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath stated the lady, 44, returned a favorable coronavirus test on Tuesday which was validated on Wednesday.
She had actually been sticking with household in Caloundra.
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young stated the female was being talked to and she did not understand why the set left Victoria, which has actually remained in lockdown due to regional transmission in the neighborhood there.
This comes simply weeks prior to the state’s public health emergency situation statement was because of end on June 29 ( pdf).
The general public health emergency situation was very first stated in Queensland on Jan. 29, 2020, in action to the COVID-19 infection break out.
The general public health emergency situation grants the primary health officer power to release Public Health Instructions to help in including, or to react to, the spread of COVID-19 within the neighborhood.
The powers have actually been extended 6 times, lasting over a year.
By Tracey Ferrier. Date Times press reporter Caden Pearson added to this report.
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