‘NO NEED TO PANIC’: NEW LOCAL CASES
QUEENSLAND Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the state has recorded six new Covid-19 cases, as multiple sites in Brisbane are on alert and authorities scramble to trace contacts, casting doubt over Sunday’s NRL Grand Final.
Four of the cases are locally acquired, with one of those causing “a little concern”, as it was detected in a truck driver who was in the community for a week and lives in shared accommodation, prompting calls for more truckies to get vaccinated.
The first community case, an aviation worker, was infectious in the community since September 23. The second case is his wife.
The third case, the Premier said chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young is “a little bit more concerned about”, is the truck driver.
The fourth case is a person who completed 14 days in hotel quarantine before testing positive after leaving.
The Premier said a lockdown was not imminent. Ms Palaszczuk said masks were the “best line of defence”.
“There’s no need to panic because Queenslanders have been doing the right thing,” she said. “We want to go back to people wearing masks indoors if you live in the Brisbane area and the Moreton Bay region.”
Aged care facilities, hospitals, prisons and disability services facilities will be restricted to visitors.