Queensland's Covid outbreak continues to spread as infected woman catches a Qantas flight to major town 640km from Brisbane - with her co-workers rushed into isolation
Queensland's Covid-19 outbreak has continued to spread after an infected contractor made a return trip to Rockhampton on a Qantas flight - as part of the state is plunged into a three-day lockdown.
The woman was working on the Rookwood Weir when she flew to the regional town for work at 8.30am Wednesday and returned to Brisbane at 6.40pm on Friday.
She tested positive on July 31, but it is believed she was infectious from July 28 and was included among the Sunshine State's nine local cases announced on Sunday.
The case means the Sunshine State's outbreak has spread beyond Brisbane in the south-east.
Pictured: Passengers from a Qantas flight arriving into Sydney Airport from Brisbane, Queensland on July 29
People who were QF2362 at 8.30am on July 28 and QF2365 at 6.40pm on 30 July are being contacted by authorities (pictured: a Qantas flight at Brisbane Airport)
'Work on site has stopped and workers have been isolated to their rooms for 14 days of quarantine,' Queensland Health said in a statement.
'Other workers from the Rookwood project who have left the site have also been contacted and told to isolate for 14 days.'
Other workers who have been at the site have been contacted and told to isolate.
Authorities are also contacting people who were on QF2362 at 8.30am on July 28 and QF2365 at 6.40pm on 30 July.
Rockhampton’s Central Queensland University fever clinic has extended its testing hours.
Queensland's nine new cases on Sunday represented the highest number in almost a year.
Pictured: People at a Covid testing centre at Covid Testing Centre at Indooroopilly High School Brisbane
There are more than 80 exposure sites linked to the outbreak, with about 20 new sites of concern listed on Sunday.
Earlier on Sunday, Deputy Premier Steven Miles said implored more Queenslanders to seek virus testing, with fewer than 12,000 tests conducted on Saturday.
Authorities hope to see at least 40,000 daily tests.
The local government areas of Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan City, Moreton Bay, Redlands, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Noosa, Somerset, Lockyer Valley and Scenic Rim entered the lockdown on Saturday afternoon - which has harshest virus restrictions the Sunshine State has seen.
Residents in affected areas can only leave home for essential work, study or child care, to exercise, buy food and supplies, and receive health care, including being tested for COVID-19 or vaccinated.
Non-essential travel must be within 10 kilometres of residences and everyone must wear a mask when outside their home.
All schools in the lockdown zone will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, while all staff and students of Indooroopilly High School and Ironside State School are in quarantine for two weeks.
Other schools affected by the outbreak include St Peters Lutheran College, Brisbane Girls Grammar School and Brisbane Boys Grammar School.
Pictured: A passenger from a Qantas flight arriving into Sydney Airport from Brisbane, Queensland on July 29
Chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young said: 'The purpose of the lockdown is to stop the virus spreading.'
'So it is to have everyone in their homes, as we find people, we find them in their homes, and they will have minimal exposure out in the community.'
The lockdown is set to end on Tuesday though experts believe it will almost certainly be extended after six cases on Saturday and nine on Sunday.
Dr Young admitted restrictions would only be rolled back when case numbers were down and all of the cases were not out in the community while infectious.
'The threshold is that I'm confident that all the cases that potentially have been exposed are safely in quarantine and are unlikely to end up having been infectious out in the community so unlikely to have been out there spreading,' she said.
Latest Covid exposure sites in Queensland
Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is a close contact and must get tested and then isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result.
Blunder Road Country Markets, 3/150 Blunder Rd Oxley, Sunday 25 July 8.30am to 9.10am
ALDI Oxley, 146 Blunder Rd Oxley, Sunday 25 July, 8.55am to 9.25am
Chemist Warehouse, 146 Blunder Rd Oxley Sunday 25 July 9.10am to 9.30am
McDonalds, Jindalee Homemaker City, 12A Goggs Rd Jindalee 6.20pm to 6.55pm
Bus Route 66, UQ Lakes Bus Station to PA Hospital Bus Station Wednesday July 28, 12.20pm to 12.40pm
Bus Route 29, PA Hospital Bus Station to UQ Lakes Bus Station, Wednesday July 28, 2.30pm to 2.50pm
Southbank TAFE, F Block Level 5 Rm 501566, Ernest St South Brisbane, Wednesday July 28, 7pm to 9pm
Highgrove Bathrooms, 899 Stanley St East East Brisbane, Thursday July 29 11am to 11.25am
Coles Jindalee, Corner Goggs and Sinnamon Rds Jindalee, Thursday July 29 2.55pm to 3.15pm
Terry White Chemmart Jindalee, 4/168 Sinnamon Rd Jindalee, Thursday July 29, 3pm to 3.20pm
Bus Route 412, Sir Fred Schonell Dve, St Lucia to UQ Chancellor's Place, University of Queensland, Friday July 30, 9.45am to 9.55am
Indooroopilly State High School, 111 Ward St Indooroopilly, Thursday July 29, 8am to 3.30pm
Myer (level 2), Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Thursday 29 July, 8.50am to 9.30am
Seed Heritage (level 2), Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Thursday 29 July, 9.20am to 9.35am
Target (level 2) Indooroopilly Shopping Centre Thursday 29 July, 9.25am to 9.50am
H and M (level 2) Indooroopilly Shopping Centre Thursday 29 July, 9.45am to 10.10am
Kmart (Level 1) Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Thursday 29 July, 10.10am to 10.45am
Stacks Discounts Store, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre Thursday 29 July, 10.35am to 10.50am
Country Road, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre Thursday 29 July, 10.45am to 11am
Andonis Café & Bar, 4/281 Station Rd Yeerongpilly, Thursday 29 July, 11.50am to 1.45pm
Bus Route 412, UQ Chancellor's Place to Stop 19 Sir Fred Schonell Dve, St Lucia Friday 30 July, 12.25pm departure
Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is considered a casual contact who must get tested immediately and isolate until a negative result is received
Bunnings Warehouse, Wecker Rd Mount Gravatt, Wednesday 28 July 7am to 7.35am
Bunnings Warehouse, Wecker Rd, Mount Gravatt Thursday 29 July 12.30pm to 1.05pm
Translational Research Institute, Ground Floor, Princess Alexandra Hospital, 37 Kent St Woolloongabba Wednesday 28 July 12.50pm to 2.45pm
Female Toilets Level 2 near Forever New and Myer, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre Thursday 29 July, 8.45am to 8.50am
Female toilets near Rebel Store and JB Hifi Level 1, Indooroopilly shopping centre Indooroopilly 10.50am 10.55am
Source: Queensland Health