Less than a week before Easter, many residents in south-east Queensland are likely to have confirmed plans for the long weekend.
Key points:
- Queensland Health issued a long list of contact tracing sites on Saturday
- People who visited any of the six close contact sites listed need to immediately quarantine
- More than a dozen other sites require people to get tested and isolate
But news that a Brisbane man held a party for 25 people while waiting for his test results — which came back positive — has raised speculation the city is heading towards another lockdown.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is expected to give an update on Sunday morning.
Earlier on Saturday, she said she was "very comfortable" with the situation, though at that stage, officials were still trying to determine potential exposure points.
When they later released a list of contact tracing sites, it was very long.
There is no suggestion from state government at this stage that a lockdown is imminent.
But, if it happens, it will be the first pause on daily life since January, when a single case of the highly transmissible UK variant sent Greater Brisbane into a three-day snap lockdown.
That time, a cleaner was believed to have been in the community while infectious for five days before testing positive.
This time, two men in their 20s tested positive to the UK variant.
The men — from Stafford and Strathpine — are the latest cases in a cluster that also includes a doctor from the Princess Alexandra Hospital and two returned travellers, who tested positive earlier this month.
It is not clear if the Strathpine man — who held the party — will be fined for ignoring a directive to isolate.
The men tested positive after visiting dozens of locations, including supermarkets, bottle shops, Bunnings stores and shopping centers.
People who visited these venues at the times listed are instructed to immediately quarantine at home for 14 days from the date of contact and fill out an online contact-tracing form.
Close contact sites:
Saturday, March 20
- Shinobi Ramen Noodle shop, Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre between 12:00pm and 2:16pm
- Black Hops Brewery in East Brisbane between 12:22pm and 1:51pm
Sunday, March 21
- Mamma's Italian Restaurant in Redcliffe between 12:30pm and 3:10pm
- Green Beacon Brewing Co. in Teneriffe between 2:00pm and 3:12pm
- Eatons Hill Hotel in Eatons Hill between 3:44pm and 5:30pm
Monday, March 22
- PCYC Lawnton in Lawnton, between 7:16am and 8:10am
A number of casual contact sites were added to the Queensland Health contact tracing site on Saturday night.
Anyone who visited these locations is advised to get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result.
See the Queensland Health for the full list of locations.
Casual contact sites:
Sunday, March 21
- The Standard Market Company, Gasworks Plaza, Newstead between 9:50am and 10:20am
Monday, March 22
- Bunnings in Lawnton between 3:15pm and 3:30pm
- Strathpine Plaza Shopping Centre between 3:43pm and 3:49pm
Tuesday, March 23
- Zambrero in Lawnton between 12:51pm and 12:55pm
- Lawnton Fruit Market in Lawnton between 1:57pm and 2:05pm
- Nellas Gourmet Tucker in Lawnton between 3:37pm and 3:47pm
- Poolwerx Strathpine in Strathpine between 3:15pm and 3:57pm
- Dan Murphy's in Strathpine between 7:26pm and 7:36pm
Wednesday, March 24
- Lawnton Country Markets in Lawnton between 2:36pm and 2:43pm
Thursday, March 25
- Aldi Stafford, Stafford Shopping Centre between 8:30am and 8:45 am
- BWS in Strathpine between 6:15pm and 6:30pm
- Ceres Pizza Cafe in Strathpine between 7pm and 7:58pm
Thousands of people came forward to be tested on Saturday, forming long queues at some clinics in Brisbane.
Masks have not been mandated yet, though health authorities are advising people to wear them in crowded places in Brisbane and Moreton Bay.
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)Border restrictions
After the Stafford man tested positive on Thursday, other states rushed to impose new restrictions on people who had recently been in Brisbane and Moreton Bay.
Late on Saturday, Western Australia tightened its restrictions on Queensland travellers, announcing that any new arrivals from Queensland would need to quarantine for 14 days.
Interstate travellers are advised to check for updates on state websites.
Queensland currently has 71 active cases, with the majority in hotel quarantine.
Five or six cases have been reported in quarantine each day for the past fortnight, pushing hospital capacity close to the peak of the pandemic, Ms Palaszczuk said.
"That is not to say our hospitals cannot cope — they will be able to cope — but [we are seeing a] large influx and high rate of returned travellers being positive," Ms Palaszczuk said.
The Premier said on Saturday she had asked the Prime Minister to halve the number of international arrivals to Queensland for the next two weeks so the state can focus on contact tracing.
Queensland currently accepts 1,300 international arrivals each week.
From midday on Friday, all visits to hospitals, residential aged care facilities, disability accommodation services and correctional facilities in Greater Brisbane and Moreton Bay were banned.
The restrictions will be reviewed on Monday.
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