Queensland’s ‘voice of the bush’ Robbie Katter says the regions are willing to chip in and help solve the state’s quarantine drama, but fears moving returning travellers to mining camps greatly risks vulnerable communities. The Katter Australian Party leader said towns such as Cloncurry in...
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Qld hotel walls to be swabbed for UK virus
Queensland authorities are still trying to piece together how a highly contagious strain of COVID-19 spread through a hotel quarantine facility, as they reveal the extraordinary measures they’re taking. Days after it was revealed six cases of the UK variant of the virus were linked...
Coronavirus Australia live update: NSW and Victoria record no new Covid cases; Qld considers quarantine in mining camps
There’s been some question marks about whether or not we should be using regional hotel facilities for our hotel quarantine system. I just want to emphasise that this has been looked at very closely by the New South Wales public health team over the full...
No new cases as Qld considers quarantine change
Queensland will consider housing returned travellers and quarantine staff in a bubble at the state’s mining camps in a bid to keep the community safe from overseas acquired cases of COVID-19. It comes despite the state recording no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, as...
Virus nightmare: QLD ‘on the brink’
Queensland health authorities have spent the night scrambling for answers over how six existing cases of the UK’s highly infectious COVID strain were linked to the same quarantine hotel despite having no contact. Queenslanders fear the state is “on the brink” of a nightmare after...
Virus nightmare: QLD ‘on the brink’
Queensland health authorities have spent the night scrambling for answers over how six existing cases of the UK’s highly infectious COVID strain were linked to the same quarantine hotel despite having no contact. Queenslanders fear the state is “on the brink” of a nightmare after...
Air con ‘unlikely’ to blame for Qld cluster
Experts say it is unlikely air con was the reason for a new cluster in a Brisbane hotel, after the possibility was raised by Queensland’s Premier. Air conditioning is unlikely to be the cause of a cluster of the highly contagious UK variant of COVID-19...
Qld hotel evacuated for UK strain outbreak
A Queensland quarantine hotel will be evacuated after six cases of the highly-infectious UK strain of coronavirus were linked to the building. Six cases of the highly infectious UK strain of COVID-19 have now been linked to a Brisbane hotel quarantine facility, prompting authorities to...
Qld hotel evacuated for UK strain outbreak
Six cases of the highly infectious UK strain of COVID-19 have now been linked to a Brisbane hotel quarantine facility, prompting authorities to take extraordinary measures to keep any further outbreak under control. While Queensland recorded no new cases of locally acquired COVID-19 on Wednesday,...
Heatwave, storms on the forecast for Qld, Vic
While Queensland’s east coast is set for a wet end to the week, much of the state’s south will swelter through the first heatwave of 2021 as forecasters warn flood warnings are still active. Meanwhile, Victorians will sweat through one last day of intense heat...