Queensland records two new Covid cases after discovering a flight attendant had spread the virus after getting it in hotel quarantine
Queensland has recorded two new locally transmitted Covid cases following revelations a flight attendant spread the virus after becoming infected in hotel quarantine.
The state's chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young said she isn't concerned about the cases as both Covid-positive Queenslanders were already in isolation while infectious.
Dr Young said the two new infections are likely linked to the Portuguese Family Centre or crossed paths with the flight attendant on the weekend at retail stores.
Officials fear a fully vaccinated hotel worker may have spread Covid between two guests on different floors of Four Points, used exclusively for airline staff
Queensland recorded two new locally transmitted Covid cases on Friday
The flight attendant, who flew into Brisbane from Portugal, tested positive on Saturday after catching Covid from another airline worker who arrived on a different flight and was quarantining on a different floor of Four Points Hotel.
Queensland Health officials believe a fully vaccinated quarantine hotel worker unknowingly carried the virus between the two people.
Preliminary investigations show the worker at the hotel escorted an infected man, who had arrived from Mongolia, to an ambulance.
The same worker then went to a higher floor and swabbed the flight attendant.
Meanwhile, Victoria has recorded no new locally acquired coronavirus cases beyond the two infections already announced by authorities.
The Health Department has confirmed the state recorded two local cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to Friday morning.
An Oakleigh man in his 60s tested positive on Thursday after returning from Sydney at the weekend and his co-worker at the Sandringham Dry Cleaners has also tested positive.
The Oakleigh man is believed to contracted the virus during a party at his daughter's house in West Hoxton in Sydney.
That Saturday night party has since been declared a super-spreader event.
The man returned to Melbourne on Jetstar flight JQ523, which left Sydney at 5.30pm on Sunday.
A number of restrictions in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria also eased on Friday
Meanwhile, Victoria has recorded no new locally acquired coronavirus cases beyond the two infections already announced by authorities
The flight has been listed as a tier-one exposure site, meaning anyone on board must get tested and isolate for 14 days.
The man took a bus from the airport to Broadmeadows and boarded a train from Broadmeadows to Flinders Street, then Flinders Street to Oakleigh to get home.
The bus and two trains are tier-two sites, meaning any other commuters will need to isolate until they get a negative test result.
The three train stations and a number of shops including a Woolworths in Burwood East and a shopping centre, fruit shop and Asian grocery in Forest Hill have also been listed as exposure sites.
The Sandringham dry-cleaning business has been listed as a tier-one exposure site and QR code data from the business is being analysed.
The man's only workplace close contact tested positive late on Thursday afternoon.
The second man's family has been isolated and members are being tested, with contact tracing underway.
The family of the dry cleaner owner have all tested negative but will still be required to isolate for 14 days.
A number of restrictions in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria also eased on Friday.
People across the state can have up to 15 visitors to their home, up from two in Melbourne and five in regional Victoria.
Funerals and weddings are now capped at 300 people. Hospitality venues can serve up to 300 in Melbourne but density limits still apply.