A mass public health alert has been issued after a fruit picker flew into Queensland from Victoria while infectious with coronavirus.
Key points:
- Contact tracing is underway for Virgin flights VA313, Melbourne to Brisbane, on June 1 and VA2905, Brisbane to Bundaberg, on June 2
- Health authorities say Bundaberg and Brisbane should be on high alert for infections
- There is “absolutely no concern” that the strawberries have been infected
Health Minister Steven Miles said the man received the diagnosis in the past 24 hours, taking the number of active cases in the state to four.
He said the Melbourne man, in his 20s, flew to Brisbane on June 1 when he was infectious and then took a second flight the next day to Bundaberg, where he picked fruit and lived in shared accommodation.
Mr Miles said the man, who had been in contact with a known COVID-19 case in Melbourne, spent one night in Brisbane to socialise with about 15 family and friends on the south side of Brisbane.
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