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  • Tue. Nov 5th, 2024

One new coronavirus case in Queensland as test results come back for Brisbane aged care facility

Queensland has recorded one new coronavirus case overnight, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

Key points:

  • A consular official who returned from overseas has tested positive to coronavirus and is in quarantine
  • He is the only positive COVID-19 case recorded in Queensland overnight
  • All 105 residents at an aged care facility in Brisbane returned negative results with some staff yet to be tested

The positive case was a returned traveller who recently returned from overseas and flew to Maroochydore from Sydney on Friday with Jetstar.

The man in his 20s is a consular official coming from Kabul in Afghanistan and is exempt from hotel quarantine.

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the man was a consular staff member who was permitted to fly on

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