Popular Queensland restaurant on high alert after infectious woman's visit
Queensland has recorded one new locally acquired case of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
Two other cases in hotel quarantine were recorded, Acting Premier Steven Miles says.
He says the new local infection is unrelated to other outbreaks.
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But most worryingly, he said, the woman was infectious within the community between the 15th-17th of July.
Areas of concern are within the Sunshine Coast.
The woman had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer jab, he said.
There are now 36 active cases in Queensland.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young says a woman in her 20s was out and about in the community while infectious for three days, putting potentially thousands of people at risk.
The woman is from Mareeba but had been in Victoria studying when she caught COVID-19.
"She came home for the holiday break," Dr Young said.
Areas in Queensland's Sunshine Coast are now on high alert after a positive COVID-19 case visited multiple sites. Getty
The woman had been at the Young & Jackson Pub in Melbourne on July 10.
She got a COVID-19 test, which came back negative.
She then travelled from Melbourne to Maroochydore, in Queensland's south-east, on July 13.
The woman went to the Sunshine Coast Plaza and later that night had dinner at the popular venue The Rice Boi in Mooloolaba.
Authorities are concerned about a number of venues she attended before going into isolation from July 15 to July 17.
They include a number of transport venues including Maroochydore Station, the 615 bus to Landsborough station and then the train to Eagle Junction.
The Rice Boi in Mooloolaba. The Rice Boi
She later caught the Air Train to Brisbane Airport before flying Jetstar to Cairns, where she was collected by a relative.
The woman received a text alert from VIC Health on July 15, alerting her that she was positive with COVID-19.
She did have symptoms and was fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Dr Young says the infectious woman has the Delta variant.
"She has been extraordinarily helpful in going through all those exposure sites," Dr Young said.
The venue of most concern is The Rice Boi in Mooloolaba.
She was there for a number of hours and Dr Young says hospitality venues are "most at risk".
"It is critical that people immediately come forward and get tested if they have been there."
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