Victoria records no locally acquired coronavirus cases as flight crew member tests positive - NEWS.com.au

An international flight crew member has tested positive to coronavirus as Victoria recorded six new cases on Sunday, albeit all in hotel quarantine.

The positive test come as almost 100 arrivals from Queensland who defied stay-at-home advice have been forced to isolate at home, says Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley.

Queensland was placed in a 72-hour lock down from 6pm Friday.

Mr Foley said the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) had intercepted 96 passengers on Saturday, either Victorians returning home or Queenslanders, who had been made to self-isolate.

“DHHS authorised officers worked with some 96 travellers yesterday to facilitate home isolation for those people who came to Melbourne airport … in breach of the Queensland chief health officer directions,” Mr Foley told the media on Sunday.

“The same principles that the Queensland Government have been applying to people who have breached their arrangements that is home isolation and testing.

“The Victorian Government has applied those same arrangements to either Victorians inadvertently coming back or Queenslanders landing.”

Victoria’s COVID-19 testing commander Jeroen Weimar said it was only two days ago that crew members had to be pulled from a flight that was about to be boarded because of returned positive tests.

He said the flight was cancelled and it was fortunate no passengers had been exposed to the crew member.

“I think a couple of days ago it was pretty last minute. The passengers hadn‘t boarded a jet but the crew were on the plane flicking switches and doing what they do, when we put the halt on,” he said.

“We escorted the crew member off the flight, put his colleagues into isolation and ensured that he was safely back at the crew hotel.”

Mr Weimar urged any Victorians in Greater Brisbane to follow Queensland’s health orders and not return to Melbourne.

Yet, none of the 96 passengers who arrived on Saturday will be fined by the Victorian government, he said.

“Victorians in Greater Brisbane today need to continue to stay locked down … until Monday evening at six o’clock,” he said.

“I’ll leave it to the Queensland Government in terms of whichever sanctions they choose to apply … we will not at this point in time be pursuing fines or any other penalties.”

He implored airlines to now allow passengers to board if they did not meet travel criteria set down by state health authorities.

“We would always prefer to see, particularly the airlines, doing the right thing for their passengers, doing the right thing for their customers, and stopping people getting on planes, where they’re not entitled to land,” Mr Weimar said.

“No one wants to end up dumped into quarantine or facing fines.”

There are 45 active COVID-19 cases in Victoria with 17 in hotel quarantine and 28 associated with a cluster from a restaurant at Black Rock in late December.

Victoria has recorded no new coronavirus cases – either acquired locally or interstate – after 23,412 test results were received in the past 24 hours.

Queensland also recorded no new local cases on Sunday, as it reached the halfway point of the three-day Brisbane lockdown.

Victoria recorded six overseas cases of COVID-19, all of whom are in hotel quarantine, in the 24 hours to midnight.

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