Queensland records four new Covid cases but none from the Indian Delta strain – as Annastacia Palaszczuk urges locals to use QR codes
- A worker at a Greek community centre in Brisbane and their child tested positive
- The third case is a colleague of a man and his partner who travelled to Eumundi
- Premier said health experts are ‘feeling good’ about the low number of cases
Queensland has recorded four local cases of the Alpha strain of Covid-19 just two days after the state emerged from lockdown.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters at a press conference on Monday morning that all new cases are linked to a known cluster.
The infections include a mother who works at a Greek community centre in Brisbane and her child, along with a colleague and partner of a man who travelled to Eumundi on the Sunshine Coast.
Chief Health officer Dr Jeannette Young explained three cases contacted the virus after they went to Zeus Street Greek Kitchen at Westfield Chermside.
Ms Palaszczuk said health experts do not believe the Delta strain is circulating around the state, ‘which is excellent news’.
Pictured: Health workers conduct coronavirus testing at a Covid-19 testing site in Brisbane
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (pictured) told reporters at a press conference on Monday morning that all new cases are linked to a known cluster
‘At this stage, it’s all systems go. We are feeling pretty good at where we are at the moment and we just need everyone to keep doing the right thing,’ she said.
She reminded Sunshine State residents to check in to all venues, including cafes and hairdressers, using QR codes.
‘Make sure you are checking in and fundamentally it is so important that if you are sick, go get tested,’ she said.
The premier urged Queenslanders to continue wearing face masks until July 16, and said the low number of cases show that ‘short, sharp lockdowns work’.
There were four new local cases of Covid in Queensland on Monday. Pictured: people at Milton Markets in Brisbane on July 4
Dr Young explained the mystery of how a Prince Charles Hospital worker contracted the virus has been solved – she went to a Portuguese restaurant, which is now linked to 23 cases.
The unvaccinated hospital worker infection sparked the state’s three-day lockdown, which ended on Saturday.
‘That means this cluster of the Alpha variant is all coming together,’ she Dr Young said.
More than 92,000 vaccines have been administered in Queensland over the past week. Pictured: A woman walking her dog in Southbank during the last few hours of a lockdown
‘We’re not totally out of the woods yet, but I’m fairly comfortable.’
More than 92,000 vaccines have been administered over the past week.
‘We have 139,875 Queenslanders who’ve now registered to get the Pfizer vaccine,’ said Ms Palaszczuk.
‘Our aim is to get everyone vaccinated as safely and as quickly as possible but of course that depends on supply.’