Two mystery cases of coronavirus have put several busy Queensland venues on high alert just days before the state is set to host the NRL Grand Final.
A Brisbane guest house has now been sealed off amid reports of a second case to rock the city.
The Adalong guest house on Stephens Road has been cordoned off and is under police guard with more than a dozen residents put into isolation and being tested.
The new site is not believed to be linked to an infected man in his 30s who works in the aviation industry which was reported by Queenslnd Health on Monday night.
Health officials are struggling to identify how he came to be infected. He has not been overseas and has had no known contact with a Covid case.
A childcare centre, a McDonalds and two busy shops have been added to a late night list of close contact sites in the Sunshine State after his surprise diagnosis.
Parents of children who attend the Mother Duck Childcare and Kindergarten were sent a letter advising them a Covid-infected person had visited the centre.
A mystery case of coronavirus has put Queensland on high alert just days before the state is set to host the NRL Grand Final (pictured, health care workers in Brisbane)
The Mother Duck Childcare and Kindergarten (pictured) in northeast Brisbane was attended by a positive Covid-19 case last week
Graham Nielsen, a physician from the Metro North Public Health Unit told parents a Covid-positive aviation worker had come into contact with the centre on September 23.
The worker is believed to have visited the site unknowingly infected with Covid-19.
Anyone who attended the childcare centre, 10km northeast of Brisbane’s CBD, from 7:25am to 8:00am last Thursday is considered a casual contact of the virus.
Those who attended the centre at the listed time has advised to immediately isolate, get tested and quarantine until a negative result is received.
A number of visitors will be contacted directly by health officials to be placed into immediate quarantine, the statement read.
A busy McDonalds in Albany Creek (pictured) has been listed as a new Covid-19 exposure site
A Freedom store in Aspley (pictured) has been attended by a positive case of Covid-19 with those that attended at the listed times now considered a casual contact of the virus
A ‘Seats R Us’ in Rocklea (pictured) has also been put on high alert after the shock detection of a positive Covid-19 case in Brisbane
A busy McDonalds in Albany Creek, around 20km from the city, has also been listed as a new exposure site, as well as a furniture store a short distance away in Aspley.
A ‘Seats R Us’ in Rocklea has also been put on high alert after the shock detection of a positive Covid-19 case in Brisbane.
‘A public health alert is being issued for locations in Eatons Hill, Albany Creek, Aspley and Rocklea following a confirmed case of COVID-19 in Brisbane,’ a statement from Queensland Health stated on Monday night.
‘The source of infection is under investigation. The man in his 30s works in the aviation industry, with no recent history of overseas or interstate travel.
‘The case will be reported in tomorrow’s Covid-19 data. Further information on the case will be provided at the press conference tomorrow morning.’
The new infection comes just days ahead of the NRL Grand Final to be hosted in Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Sunday, October 3.
The highly-anticipated decider will feature a clash between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Penrith Panthers.
The new Covid-19 case comes just days ahead of the NRL Grand Final between the Rabbitohs and the Panthers (pictured) to be hosted in Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Sunday
Queensland previously reported zero new cases of coronavirus on Monday, with the new detection to be reported in Tuesday’s tally (pictured, health care workers in Brisbane)
Queensland reported zero new cases of coronavirus earlier on Monday with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk taking the opportunity to announce two new vaccination centres on the Gold Coast.
The two hubs, located at the Tugun Private Hospital and in Coomera, will be up and running in just two weeks time.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young urged Queenslanders to come forward for a jab and said she was looking forward to the easing of restrictions.
‘We should all prepare and hope and get people vaccinated,’ she said.
‘The more people who are vaccinated the more likely we can remove those last remaining restrictions.’