By Abbey Cannan
A woman in her 50s who travelled to the Sunshine Coast from Sydney’s Northern Beaches has tested positive for Covid-19.
Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young said the woman flew to Queensland on a Virgin flight and arrived in Brisbane at 9.30am on December 16.
“The lady then went to Sunshine Coast and we’re contact tracing there. She went to a hotel but only had contact with the receptionist, who we are in contact with. Otherwise she didn’t have any broad contact there.”
The woman then returned to Brisbane the next day and travelled back to Sydney’s Northern Beaches where she got herself tested.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk MP told a press conference on Friday morning that authorities were not concerned about where she went on the Sunshine Coast at this stage.
“From the outset I can report that we had three new cases in Queensland overnight,” she said.
“When the New South Wales Premier says she is on high alert, we are on high alert as well.
“We are coming up to the festive season and during this time people are mixing with their family and friends, their going away on holidays, they’re getting ready for Christmas and a lot of people are not necessarily paying attention to what’s happening in the media.”
Anyone who visited the Glen Hotel in Eight Mile Plains after 11:30am on December 16 or travelled on Virgin Flight VA 925 on December 16 is asked to get tested immediately if they develop any symptoms.
