Teens test negative to coronavirus after crossing Queensland border from NSW

Two teenage girls who allegedly lied on their border declaration forms to get into Queensland have tested negative to coronavirus.

The girls, aged 15 and 16, were arrested at a Noosa shopping centre yesterday after entering from NSW, which has been declared a hotspot by the Queensland Government.

It is believed the duo entered the state on Friday by train before the weekend's hard border closure to NSW, after being in Greater Sydney.

They are now in hotel quarantine on the Sunshine Coast.

There have also been no new confirmed cases in Queensland overnight.

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Police said the girls were not displaying any symptoms of COVID-19 but were tested as a precaution.

Superintendent Craig Hawkins said police had been searching for the girls for 24 hours before they were found at the Noosa Civic Centre yesterday.

"These two ladies arrived in Queensland last week. Certainly prior to the closures however they had come from a hotspot down in NSW," he said.

"Police had been looking for these two women to check the veracity of their travel and to ensure they could be tested.

"Today we were fortunate to find these two ladies and they are cooperating with Queensland police to get tested and then a management process."

Supt Hawkins said the girls had visited several shopping locations in the popular tourist spot.

"They weren't completely honest with where they had been but later on, we discovered they had come from a hotspot," he said.

A number of stores at the Noosa Civic Centre were closed as a precaution.

Supt Hawkins said it was yet to be determined whether the teenagers would face charges.

"Quarantine is certainly a likely outcome," he said.

Supt Hawkins said it was possible the teens "maybe don't understand the full criteria" of the state's border restrictions.

He said there was nothing to suggest they had COVID-19 and urged for calm as health authorities awaited their test results.

"There is no need for panic in terms of an outbreak of COVID-19 on the Sunshine Coast," he said.

Yesterday, Queensland recorded no new cases of COVID-19, marking its eighth day of no community transmission in a row.

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