A cleaner who tested positive to coronavirus after working in a quarantine hotel in Brisbane has been confirmed as having the more contagious UK strain of the virus.
Key points:
- The woman is confirmed to be infected with the more contagious UK strain of COVID-19
- Visits to hospitals in Greater Brisbane are banned and aged care facilities are locked down
- Health authorities say the woman was in the community for five days while infectious
The confirmation comes as aged care facilities have been placed in lockdown across Greater Brisbane, including Metro North, Metro South and West Moreton Hospital and Health Services.
Visits to hospitals and disability accommodation have also been banned.
The woman, aged in her 20s, is the first locally acquired case to be contracted from hotel quarantine in Queensland.
Her positive case has brought the state's streak of 113 days without community transmission to an end.
Earlier today, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the woman, who is from the southern Brisbane suburb of Algester, developed symptoms yesterday and was tested on the same day.
Health authorities said the woman is believed to have been in the community while infectious for five days and worked a shift as a casual cleaner at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Brisbane's CBD on January 2.
It came after she received a negative result on December 29 as part of routine weekly testing.
The UK mutant strain of coronavirus, known as B117, is thought to be up to 70 per cent more infectious and has fast been detected in several countries.
There have been four other cases previously linked to the hotel, including one person who was diagnosed with the UK strain.
Queensland Health issued a health alert on Thursday for three southern Brisbane suburbs: Algester, Sunnybank Hills and Calamvale.
Any residents from those suburbs have been urged to get tested immediately.
The case has health authorities very concerned and has prompted an increase in testing of staff members in hotel quarantine to ensure they are tested for the virus every shift, rather than every week.
Queensland Health has also urged anyone who has visited the below locations to get tested immediately.
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2021-01-07 07:37:00Z
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