{"id":301400,"date":"2021-06-27T17:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T07:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=301400"},"modified":"2021-06-27T18:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T08:43:55","slug":"qld-health-issues-alert-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/06\/27\/qld-health-issues-alert-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Qld Health Issues Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 27, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queensland Health issued a public health alert on Sunday afternoon for parts of the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane after three more people tested positive to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Contact tracing and testing is now under way.<\/p>\n

Two of the new cases are linked to the June 20 case of an airline worker who tested positive to the Alpha variant after spending 14 days in quarantine.<\/p>\n

They are a woman who works as a cleaner at the DFO shopping centre near Brisbane Airport and at the Brisbane City Watchhouse, and her partner who works on the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n

The couple visited multiple locations before testing positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said it is believed they have been infectious in the community since June 20.<\/p>\n

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The Alpha variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was formerly known as the UK or Kent variant.\u00a0It is not considered as contagious as the Delta variant currently the focus of contact tracing efforts in Sydney.<\/p>\n

The third case is a woman who has tested positive on the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n

This case is believed to be linked to a Northern Territory mine worker who is believed to have caught the virus – possibly the Delta variant – while staying briefly in hotel quarantine in Brisbane before heading to the NT.<\/p>\n

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The more than 30 sites listed by Queensland Health on Sunday are located at:<\/strong><\/p>\n